adventurer
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Adventurer \Ad*ven"tur*er\, n. [Cf. F. aventurier.]
[1913 Webster]
1. One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who
seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous
enterprises.
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2. A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
131 Moby Thesaurus words for "adventurer":
adventuress, alpinist, astronaut, betting ring, bettor,
big operator, boneshaker, bounder, bourgeois gentilhomme,
brazenface, cad, camper, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper,
charlatan, cheat, climber, comers and goers, commuter,
compulsive gambler, condottiere, cosmopolite, crap shooter,
cruiser, daredevil, devil, excursionist, explorer, fare,
fire-eater, free lance, gambler, gamester, globe-girdler,
globe-trotter, goer, gun, gunman, gunslinger, hajji, harum-scarum,
hazarder, hellcat, hero, heroine, hired gun, hired killer,
hireling, hotspur, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, knave,
lame duck, madbrain, madcap, margin purchaser, mariner, mercenary,
mountaineer, name-dropper, newly-rich, nouveau riche,
nouveau roturier, operator, opportunist, palmer, parvenu,
passenger, passerby, pathfinder, petty gambler, philanderer,
pig in clover, piker, pilgrim, pioneer, player, plunger,
professional killer, punter, rantipole, rogue, rubberneck,
rubbernecker, sailor, scalper, scoundrel, sharp, sharper, sharpie,
sightseer, smart operator, social climber, soldier of fortune,
speculator, sport, sporting man, sportsman, sprout, stag,
status seeker, straphanger, swashbuckler, swindler, tinhorn,
tipster, tourer, tourist, tout, trailblazer, trailbreaker,
transient, traveler, trekker, trickster, tripper, tufthunter,
upstart, venturer, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager,
voyageur, wagerer, wayfarer, wild man, world-traveler,
would-be gentleman
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