adventurer Definition
ad·ven·turer (ad ven′c̸hər ər, əd-)
noun
- a person who has or likes to have adventures
- soldier of fortune (sense )
- a financial speculator
- a person who seeks to become rich, powerful, etc. by dubious schemes
adventurer Synonyms
adventurer
n.
One who seeks adventure
explorer, pirate, globe-trotter, traveler, free lance, soldier of fortune, knight-errant, daredevil, swashbuckler, hero, heroine, pioneer, mountain climber, wild game hunter, record breaker, stunt flyer, Don Quixote, Robin Hood, romantic, dragonslayer, entrepreneur; see also pioneer 2, traveler.One who seeks wealth or power by dubious schemes
charlatan, opportunist, rogue, adventuress; see opportunist, rascal.
adventurer Usage Examples
Preposition: of
age: Sizzling Summer Saver Type of Ticket Online Price SAVE MONEY On-the-day Adventurers of any age, over 1m.
Converse of object
- know: Sir Chris Bonington Now nearing 70, Chris is still one of our best known adventurers embodying the English spirit of exploration.
- become: Test your skating skills in the cool Finger Board Skate Park and become an intrepid adventurer at the Finger Tips Chamber of Doom Party.
- name: Driven to find the sunken mythical kingdom, a young adventurer named Milo discovers an ancient journal with clues to its hidden location.
- play: Figure 1: The Pong game The Bambi game This is an adventure game in which you play a brave adventurer.
- set: Starting at 4pm from the Community Center, many intrepid adventurers set out on our Treasure Hunt.
- call: The captain, with a gesture and a speaking countenance, called the adventurers into the cabin.
Adjective modifier
- intrepid: You can't be an intrepid adventurer all the time!
- cosmic: She will answer your problems and questions with the insight unique to a disco-loving alternative-gardening defrocked clergy member and cosmic adventurer.
- seasoned: For seasoned adventurers like the FF, it should be a walk in the park, right?
- daring: What had fate in store for these daring adventurers?
- Antarctic: The Antarctic Adventurers, probably the only participants in our event not to be upset by bad weather!
- bold: Jill's message is you don't have to be a bold adventurer to enjoy the live aboard cruising life.
Modifies a noun
- rancher: A world series year was even must-see wilbur d adventurer pilot rancher.
- pilot: A world series year was even must-see wilbur d adventurer pilot rancher.
- guild: Adventurers Guild This is the adventurers guild of Sable City.
Noun used with modifier
- merchant: Thence to the merchant adventurers port city of Bristol.
- gentleman: In full tilt gentleman adventurer mode now that he has his own label, Jah Wobble is setting up sessions like a demon.
- space: As a space adventurer you will realize how small our planet is against the vastness of the universe.
- Viking: The Normans were descendants from pagan Viking adventurers who had settled in the Seine Valley in 911.
Browse dictionary entries near adventurer
- ‹ adventure
- ‹ adventive
- ‹ adventitious
- ‹ adventitia
- ‹ Adventist
- ‹ Adventism
- ‹ Advent Sunday
- ‹ Advent
- ‹ advection
- ‹ advantageous

