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单词 adventurer
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adventurer

He was all that she decidedly was not -- an adventurer, immoderate, unpredictable.`Oh, come on, Jeremy, this is supposed to be a merchant bank, founded by a merchant adventurer.We're going to hammer out the details of how we can pension off Desmond, evict that shady adventurer Hall and close down St Paul's.Now he was going to be giving up a fellow American and, worse, a fellow flying adventurer.

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adventurer

British English: adventurer NOUN
An adventurer is a person who enjoys going to new, unusual, and exciting places.
  • American English: adventurer
  • Brazilian Portuguese: aventureiro
  • Chinese: 探险者
  • European Spanish: aventurero
  • French: aventurier
  • German: Abenteurer
  • Italian: avventuriero
  • Japanese: 冒険家
  • Korean: 모험가
  • European Portuguese: aventureiro
  • Latin American Spanish: aventurero

(noun) 
Definition
a person who seeks money or power by unscrupulous means
ambitious political adventurers
Synonyms
mercenary
rogue
He wasn't a rogue at all.
gambler
Never afraid of failure, he was a gambler, ready to try anything.
speculator
opportunist
charlatan
fortune-hunter
(noun) 
Definition
a person who seeks adventure
A round-the-world adventurer was killed when her plane crashed.
Synonyms
venturer
hero
traveller
heroine
wanderer
Her father, a restless wanderer, abandoned the family.
voyager
daredevil
a tragic ending for a daredevil whose luck ran out
soldier of fortune
swashbuckler
knight-errant

Additional synonyms

in the sense of daredevil
Definition
a recklessly bold person
a tragic ending for a daredevil whose luck ran out
Synonyms
adventurer,
show-off (informal),
madcap,
desperado,
exhibitionist,
stuntman or woman or person,
hot dog (US),
adrenalin junky (slang)
in the sense of gambler
Never afraid of failure, he was a gambler, ready to try anything.
Synonyms
risk-taker,
speculator
in the sense of rogue
Definition
a dishonest or unprincipled person
He wasn't a rogue at all.
Synonyms
scoundrel (old-fashioned),
crook (informal),
villain,
fraudster,
sharper,
fraud (informal),
cheat,
devil,
deceiver,
charlatan,
conman or woman (informal),
con artist (informal),
swindler,
knave (archaic),
ne'er-do-well,
reprobate,
scumbag (slang),
blackguard,
mountebank,
grifter (slang, US, Canadian),
skelm (South Africa),
rorter (Australian, slang),
wrong 'un (slang)

Nearby words of
adventurer

  • advent
  • adventitious
  • adventure
  • adventurer
  • adventurous
  • adversary
  • adverse

Synonyms of 'adventurer'

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