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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thrill-seeker |
| Synonyms: | adventurer, hotdog, madcap, risk-taker, show-off, stuntman, stuntperson, stuntwoman |
| Main Entry: | adventurous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | daring, risk-taking |
| Synonyms: | adventuresome, audacious, bold, brave, courageous, dangerous, daredevil, enterprising, foolhardy, hazardous, headstrong, intrepid, rash, reckless, risky, temerarious, venturesome, venturous |
| Notes: | adventurous may be predicated of both a person and an undertaking and implies a willingness to accept risks but not necessarily imprudence; adventuresome is predicated only of a person |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, prudent, unadventurous |
| Main Entry: | audacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reckless, daring |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, aweless, bold, brassy, brave, cheeky*, courageous, daredevil, dauntless, enterprising, fearless, foolhardy, gutty, intrepid, nervy, rash, resolute, risky, smart ass, unafraid, uncurbed, undaunted, ungoverned, valiant, venturesome |
| Antonyms: | cautious, gentle, humble, meek, mild, modest, reserved, timid, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | courageous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave, bold |
| Synonyms: | Spartan, Trojan, adventuresome, adventurous, assured, audacious, cool, daredevil, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fiery, fire-eating, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, hardy, heroic, high-spirited, impavid, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, martial, nervy, plucky, red-blooded, resolute, stalwart, stand tall, stouthearted, strong, tenacious, tough, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome, venturous |
| Antonyms: | cowardly, faint-hearted, fearful, fearing, meek, shy, timid, weak |
| Main Entry: | foolhardy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impetuous, rash |
| Synonyms: | adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, breakneck, daredevil, daring, devil-may-care, harebrained, headstrong, imprudent, incautious, irresponsible, madcap, off deep end, out on limb, precipitate, reckless, temerarious, venturesome, venturous, wide open |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, discreet, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | headlong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous, reckless |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, brash, breakneck, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, hasty, hurried, impetuous, impulsive, inconsiderate, precipitant, precipitate, rash, rough, rushing, sudden, tempestuous, thoughtless |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, thoughtfully, wary |
| Main Entry: | hero/heroine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brave person; champion |
| Synonyms: | ace, adventurer, celebrity, combatant, conqueror, daredevil, demigod, diva, exemplar, gallant, god, goddess, great person, heavy, ideal, idol, lead, leading person, lion, martyr, model, paladin, person of the hour, popular figure, prima donna, principal, protagonist, saint, star, superstar, tin god, victor, worthy |
| Main Entry: | reckless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irresponsible in thought, deed |
| Synonyms: | adventuresome, adventurous, any which way, audacious, brash, breakneck, carefree, careless, daredevil, daring, desperate, devil-may-care, fast and loose, feckless, foolhardy, harebrained, hasty, headlong, heedless, helter-skelter, hopeless, hotheaded, ill-advised, imprudent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, kooky, madcap, mindless, negligent, overventuresome, playing with fire, precipitate, rash, regardless, temerarious, thoughtless, uncareful, venturesome, venturous, wild |
| Notes: | feckless means ineffective or having no real worth or purpose; reckless means marked by unthinking boldness or with defiant disregard for danger or consequences rash (the adjective) suggests imprudence and lack of forethought; reckless implies disregard of possible consequences |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, responsible, wary |
| Main Entry: | valorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | courageous |
| Synonyms: | Spartan, adventuresome, adventurous, bold, brave, chivalrous, daredevil, daring, dauntless, fearless, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, heroic, lionhearted, nervy, plucky, stalwart, stouthearted, strong, tough, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, venturous |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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