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adventurer

[ad-ven-cher-er] / ædˈvɛn tʃər ər /
NOUN
person who takes risks
Synonyms
STRONGEST
charlatan daredevil entrepreneur gambler mercenary swashbuckler traveler
STRONG
explorer globetrotter hero heroine madcap opportunist pioneer pirate romantic speculator venturer voyager wanderer
WEAK
fortune-hunter stunt person

Example Sentences

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I once asked James Cameron, the director and adventurer, why we should travel to Mars and such places.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

Popular images, such as the fearless adventurer, powerful fighter and skilled seafarer, have become familiar.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025

He draws on the photographer’s diaries and autobiography to portray his subject as a gentle-souled adventurer, driven into a peripatetic life by wanderlust and financial necessity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

The castle was built with "no expense spared" by New Zealand-born adventurer George Alexander MacLean Buckley in 1911, just three years after he joined an Antarctic voyage on Nimrod with Ernest Shackleton.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025

“Did our stalwart adventurer have a mishap? Did his clever tongue finally betray him?”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull