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Venturous

Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier.

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Adventuresome 84% connected

Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Adventuresome 84% connected

Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Adventurous 84% connected

Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Adventurous 84% connected

Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Venture 74% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Venture 74% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Audacious 92% connected

Daring; spirited; adventurous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Daring 92% connected

of Dare

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Venturesome 92% connected

Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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