adventurous
adjective /ədˈven.tʃər.əs/
/-tʃɚ-/ Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
B2 willing to try new or difficult things: I'm trying to be more adventurous with my cooking.Brave and courageous › exciting and often dangerous: She led an adventurous life. adventurously /-li/ adverb Brave and courageous
(Definition of adventurous adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- audacious adjective
- ballsy adjective
- be man enough to do sth idiom
- bite the bullet idiom
- courage noun
- gallant adjective (BRAVE)
- get your courage up idiom
- grasp the nettle idiom
- gritty adjective (BRAVE)
- gutsy adjective
- have nerves of steel idiom
- knightly adjective
- muster sth up phrasal verb
- nerve verb
- pluck up your courage idiom
- plucky adjective
- screw up your courage idiom
- spunky adjective (BRAVE)
- valiant adjective
- venturesome adjective
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Brave and courageous
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