Adventure

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature.
  • n. An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs.
  • n. An unusual or exciting experience: an adventure in dining.
  • n. Participation in hazardous or exciting experiences: the love of adventure.
  • n. A financial speculation or business venture.
  • v. To venture upon; undertake or try.
  • v. To expose to danger or risk; hazard.
  • verb-intransitive. To take a risk; dare.
  • verb-intransitive. To proceed despite risks.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
  • n. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
  • n. A text adventure or an adventure game.
  • v. To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
  • v. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
  • v. To try the chance; to take the risk.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
  • n. Risk; danger; peril.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident.
  • n. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
  • v. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
  • v. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
  • verb-intransitive. To try the chance; to take the risk.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 1. That which comes or happens to one; hap; chance; fortune; luck.
  • n. A hazardous enterprise; an undertaking of uncertain issue, or participation in such an undertaking.
  • n. A remarkable occurrence in one's personal history; a noteworthy event or experience in one's life.
  • n. A speculation of any kind, commercial, financial, or mining; a venture; specifically, a speculation in goods sent abroad.
  • n. Peril; danger.
  • n. Adventurous activity; participation in exciting or hazardous undertakings or enterprises: as, a spirit of adventure.
  • To risk or hazard; put in the power of unforeseen events: as, to adventure one's life.
  • To venture on; take the chance of; run the risk of doing or suffering.
  • To take the risk involved in doing anything; proceed at a venture.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. put at risk
  • n. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
  • v. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  • Antonym
    boredom   
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    risk    lay on the line    put on the line    labor    project    task    undertaking   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    event    enterprise    venture    undertaking    chance    hazard    hap    risk    danger    peril   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bencher    clencher    debenture    denture    indenture    misadventure    quencher    trencher    venture   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    romance    incident    tale    experience    pleasure    mystery    journey    drama    enterprise    dream