EGAVE

adventure

About 9.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
    his sense of adventure
  2. noun A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
    a life full of adventures
  3. noun A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks.
  4. noun A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
  5. noun A text adventure or an adventure game.
  6. noun That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
  7. noun Chance of danger or loss.
  8. noun Risk; danger; peril.

Similar words

escapade venture take a chance risk hazard jeopardize chance gamble stake dangerous undertaking

Often followed by

of and in with to was that is which

Word family

adventured adventures adventuring

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