Word Meanings - ADVENTURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the 1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened

Additional info about word: ADVENTURE

LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the 1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. Milton. 2. Risk; danger; peril. He was in great adventure of his life. Berners. 3. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. He loved excitement and adventure. Macaulay. 4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life. Bacon. 5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. A bill of adventure , a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner's risk. Syn. -- Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ADVENTURE)

• Accident
• Chance
• fortuity
• disaster
• incident
• adventure
• casualty
• hazard
• contingency
• calamity
• misadventure
• mishap
• Blazon
• Notify
• signalize
• publicate
• circulate
• propagate
• disseminate
• Event
• Occurrence
• circumstance
• episode
• issue
• accident
• result
• fact

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ADVENTURE)

• Originate
• arise
• precede
• spring
• commence
• start
• begin

Related words: (words related to ADVENTURE)

• ACCIDENTALLY
  In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
• MISHAPPEN
  To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser.
• CHANCELLERY
  Chancellorship. Gower.
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• HAZARDIZE
  A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser.
• SPRINGBOARD
  An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
• SPRINGE
  A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
• SPRINGAL
  An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
• SIGNALIZE
  1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship
• EVENT
  1. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. "The events of his early years." Macaulay. To watch quietly the course of events. Jowett There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Eccl. ix.
• EPISODE
  A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.
• STARTLINGLY
  In a startling manner.
• SPRINT
  To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• SPRINKLING
  1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. 3. Hence, a moderate
• PRECEDENTLY
  Beforehand; antecedently.
• SPRINGY
  1. Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step. Though her little frame was slight, it was firm and springy. Sir W. Scott. 2. Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as,
• EVENTILATION
  The act of eventilating; discussion. Bp. Berkely.
• SPRIGGED
  Having sprigs.
• ADVENTURESS
  A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• HANDSPRING
  A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
• REISSUE
  To issue a second time.
• IMPREVENTABILITY
  The state or quality of being impreventable.