adventure

adventure is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
2. noun. Risk; danger; peril.
3. noun. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
4. noun. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
5. noun. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
6. noun. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
7. noun. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
8. intransitive verb. To try the chance; to take the risk.
9. noun. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

   Synonyms: escapade

10. verb. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

    "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

    Synonyms: chance, gamble, hazard, risk

11. verb. put at risk

    "I will stake my good reputation for this"

    Synonyms: hazard, jeopardize, stake, venture

Synonyms

escapade, chance, gamble, hazard, risk, jeopardize, stake, venture

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in adventure:

unaverted

Common word forms

adventured, adventurer, adventures, adventuring, adventureful, adventurement

Words from these letters

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