venturesome
adjective
ven·ture·some
ˈven(t)-shər-səm 
1
: inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring
a venturesome investor
2
: involving risk : hazardous
a venturesome journey
venturesomely
adverb
venturesomeness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of venturesome in a Sentence
a venturesome child tried to climb the huge tree
the first solo pilot to undertake the venturesome crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by air
Recent Examples on the Web
The venturesome Robert Irwin produced a spectral sculpture for a California mall in 1970, and Takashi Murakami infamously incorporated a Louis Vuitton pop-up in his 2007—08 traveling museum retrospective.
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Andrew Russeth, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Don Murray, the venturesome actor who earned an Oscar nomination for playing a rodeo cowboy smitten by Marilyn Monroe in Bus Stop, then spurned Hollywood’s attempts to mold him, has died.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2024
For example, until the early 2000s, Countrywide did no subprime lending, leaving the field to the venturesome likes of the Money Store and Guardian S&L.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 July 2023
Part of a string of recent high-profile divorce records, Chemistry represents Clarkson at her most venturesome and liberated.
—Vulture, 27 June 2023
Also coming to GroundUp is venturesome singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham, a Grammy nominee who is the subject of a recent profile worth checking out at Relix.com.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
Maybe low-budget films, documentaries, and foreign language fare didn’t always take up the slack, but the best of them at least tried to be more venturesome than the usual ossified studio product.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2022
In addition to chronicling episodes from this brave, venturesome life, Drury depicts modern-day nurses, mothers and other caregivers, sometimes imagining them as time-traveling avatars of Seacole herself — hence the plural of the title.
—Washington Post, 10 May 2022
Transitioning from live performances to virtual presentations neither intimidated nor inhibited the co-artistic directors of San Diego’s venturesome Project [BLANK], Leslie Ann Leytham and Brendan Nguyen.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
Andrew Russeth, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Don Murray, the venturesome actor who earned an Oscar nomination for playing a rodeo cowboy smitten by Marilyn Monroe in Bus Stop, then spurned Hollywood’s attempts to mold him, has died.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2024
For example, until the early 2000s, Countrywide did no subprime lending, leaving the field to the venturesome likes of the Money Store and Guardian S&L.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 July 2023
Part of a string of recent high-profile divorce records, Chemistry represents Clarkson at her most venturesome and liberated.
—Vulture, 27 June 2023
Also coming to GroundUp is venturesome singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham, a Grammy nominee who is the subject of a recent profile worth checking out at Relix.com.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
Maybe low-budget films, documentaries, and foreign language fare didn’t always take up the slack, but the best of them at least tried to be more venturesome than the usual ossified studio product.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2022
In addition to chronicling episodes from this brave, venturesome life, Drury depicts modern-day nurses, mothers and other caregivers, sometimes imagining them as time-traveling avatars of Seacole herself — hence the plural of the title.
—Washington Post, 10 May 2022
Transitioning from live performances to virtual presentations neither intimidated nor inhibited the co-artistic directors of San Diego’s venturesome Project [BLANK], Leslie Ann Leytham and Brendan Nguyen.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2022
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“Venturesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/venturesome. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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venturesome
adjective
ven·ture·some
ˈven-chər-səm
1
: tending to take risks
venturesome explorers
venturesomeness
noun
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