Meaning & use
an adventurous person
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Meaning
phrasecountable
Someone who likes trying new, exciting, or slightly risky things.
Grammar: Countable phrase: an adventurous person, two adventurous people.
Patterns
- be an adventurous person
- an adventurous person who ...
She's an adventurous person who loves hiking alone in the mountains.
My brother is an adventurous person, so he never says no to a road trip.
As an adventurous person, he tried the strange fruit without asking what it was.
Word forms
| plural | adventurous people |
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Common combinations
- a truly adventurous person
- She's a truly adventurous person who moved abroad at twenty.
- an adventurous spirit
- His adventurous spirit led him to travel alone.
- an adventurous eater
- As an adventurous eater, she orders the spiciest dish on the menu.
Synonyms and how they differ
- daring
- Daring stresses courage in the face of danger, while adventurous stresses enjoyment of new experiences.
- bold
- Bold often means confident and unafraid to take risks; it does not always suggest enjoying adventure.
Opposites
Word family
- adventure noun
- An exciting or unusual experience.
- adventurously adverb
- In a way that shows a love of adventure.
Commonly confused: an adventurous person or adventuresome?
an adventurous person vs adventuresome
Adventuresome is a rarer synonym; adventurous is the usual word in everyday speech.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'an adventurous person' correctly?
Choose one answer.
The phrase means someone who enjoys new experiences, so 'exploring unknown places' fits. The other options describe cautious or home-loving behavior, which contradicts the meaning.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “an adventurous person”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.