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View usage for: (ædventʃərəʳ) Word forms: plural adventurers1. countable nounAn adventurer is a person who enjoys going to new, unusual, and exciting places. 2. countable nounIf you describe someone as an adventurer, you disapprove of them because they are using dishonest or immoral methods to gain money or power. [disapproval] ...unprincipled opportunists and ambitious political adventurers. More Synonyms of adventurer adventurer in British English (ədˈvɛntʃərə) noun1. a person who seeks adventure, esp one who seeks success or money through daring exploits 2. a person who seeks money or power by unscrupulous means adventurer in American English (ædˈvɛntʃərər; ədˈvɛntʃərər) noun1. a person who has or likes to have adventures 2. soldier of fortune (sense 1) 3. a financial speculator 4. a person who seeks to become rich, powerful, etc. by dubious schemes Examples of 'adventurer' in a sentenceadventurer 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. In other languagesadventurer 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
Definition a person who seeks money or power by unscrupulous means ambitious political adventurers Synonyms mercenary speculator opportunist charlatan fortune-hunter Definition a person who seeks adventure A round-the-world adventurer was killed when her plane crashed. Synonyms venturer hero traveller heroine voyager soldier of fortune swashbuckler knight-errant Additional synonymsDefinition 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) Never afraid of failure, he was a gambler, ready to try anything. Synonyms risk-taker, speculatorDefinition 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 ofadventurer - advent
- adventitious
- adventure
- adventurer
- adventurous
- adversary
- adverse
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