adventurer
noun
ad·ven·tur·er əd-ˈven-ch(ə-)rər 
1
: someone who seeks dangerous or exciting experiences : a person who looks for adventures: such as
a
: soldier of fortune
b
: one who engages in risky commercial enterprises for profit
2
somewhat old-fashioned : one who seeks unmerited wealth or position especially by playing on the credulity or prejudice of others
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This particular set includes a familiar cast of characters from the Nether Bastion—a piglin, piglin brute, a nether adventurer, magma cube, and a strider—along with some fun accessories. 
Lauren Gray, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2022 Journalist-adventurer Rinker Buck drew on perseverance and courage to safely pilot a flatboat down the Mississippi River – making connections with people and America’s past. Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2022 Archaeologist-adventurer Layla El-Faouly, and the actress who portrays her, May Calamawy, are Egyptian. Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022 An avid adventurer who now lives in Nevada, Swartz grew up in the Northeast but had fallen in love with the harsh beauty of the desert Southwest. Steve Larese, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022 Go ahead, get to planning and bring out your inner autumn adventurer! Isis Briones, House Beautiful, 29 July 2022 Awaken your inner adventurer and try Nautica Voyage today. The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 May 2022 Here, Marc isn't an adventurer but a mental health patient. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2022 The vivid colors, modern femininity, retro classic silhouettes, and a contemporary edge, inspired by travel and nature, appeal to the A. I lady who is an adventurer in heart, mind, and style. Emerald Elitou, Essence, 1 Apr. 2022 See More
Lauren Gray, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2022 Journalist-adventurer Rinker Buck drew on perseverance and courage to safely pilot a flatboat down the Mississippi River – making connections with people and America’s past. Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2022 Archaeologist-adventurer Layla El-Faouly, and the actress who portrays her, May Calamawy, are Egyptian. Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022 An avid adventurer who now lives in Nevada, Swartz grew up in the Northeast but had fallen in love with the harsh beauty of the desert Southwest. Steve Larese, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022 Go ahead, get to planning and bring out your inner autumn adventurer! Isis Briones, House Beautiful, 29 July 2022 Awaken your inner adventurer and try Nautica Voyage today. The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 May 2022 Here, Marc isn't an adventurer but a mental health patient. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2022 The vivid colors, modern femininity, retro classic silhouettes, and a contemporary edge, inspired by travel and nature, appeal to the A. I lady who is an adventurer in heart, mind, and style. Emerald Elitou, Essence, 1 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
adventure entry 1 or adventure entry 2 + -er entry 2, probably after Middle French aventurier, adventurier
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Kids Definition
adventurer
noun
ad·ven·tur·er əd-ˈven-chər-ər
: a person who seeks dangerous or exciting experiences
adventurer
noun
1
as in snob
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- snob
- social climber
- comer
- upstart
- nabob
- moneybags
- parvenu
- arriviste
- arrivé
- fat cat
- nouveau riche
2
as in explorer
Synonyms & Similar Words
- explorer
- traveler
- discoverer
- traveller
- pioneer
- pathfinder
- voyager
- wanderer
- journeyer
- roamer
- woodsman
- trailblazer
- wayfarer
- frontiersman
- trekker
- colonist
- homesteader
- colonial
- bushranger
- colonizer
- mountain man
- forerunner
- precursor
- rover
- settler
3
as in gamesman
Synonyms & Similar Words
- gamesman
- rogue
- knave
- rascal
- prankster
- impostor
- pretender
- mountebank
- charlatan
- faker
- fox
- quack
- imposter
- bluffer
- schemer
- swindler
- quacksalver
- fake
- slickster
- fast-talker
- wheeler-dealer
- ringer
- trickster
- skinner
- smoothie
- phony
- double-dealer
- sneaker
- plotter
- humbug
- chiseler
- phoney
- cardsharp
- cheater
- double-crosser
- slyboots
- fraudster
- sham
- dodger
- scammer
- slicker
- confidence man
- smoothy
- cheat
- defrauder
- fakir
- hoaxer
- slick
- cozener
- sneak
- tricker
- bilker
- scamster
- finagler
- chiseller
- sharpie
- blackleg
- shark
- bilk
- cardsharper
- sharper
- sharpy
- tufted hair grass
- tufted loosetrife
- tufted pansy
- tufted pochard
- tufted puffin
- tufted titmouse
- tufted vetch
- tufter
- tufters
- tuftier
- tuftiest
- tuftily
- tufting
- tuftings
- tuftlet
- tufts
- tufty
- tug
- tug at one's heartstrings
- tug chain
- tug one's forelock
- tug-of-love
- tug-of-war
- tug/pull at one's heartstrings
- tug/touch one's forelock