- 3. Event, incident, occurrence, transaction, passage, crisis, contingency.
- 4. (Com.) Speculation.
Adventure, v. a. Hazard, venture, risk, peril, imperil, put to hazard, put at risk, put in danger, expose to peril or risk.
Adventure, v. n. Dare, venture, take the risk, run the risk, incur the hazard.
Adventurous, a.
- 1. Bold, daring, courageous, venturesome, adventuresome, adventureful, venturous, chivalrous, doughty,
enterprising.
- 2. Rash, reckless, precipitate, headlong, foolhardy, full of hazard
- 3. Hazardous, dangerous, exposed to dangen perilous, full of peril, uncertain, full of risk.
Adversaria, n. pl. Notes, memoranda, remarks, note-book, journal, commonplace-book, index rerum, diary.
Adversary, n.
- 1. Enemy, foe, antagonist, opponent, opposer, counter-litigant, adverse party.
- 2. [With The prefixed.] Satan, Apollyon, the Tempter, the Evil One, the Devil, the Deuce, the Fiend, the
Foul Fiend, the Old Serpent, the Prince of Darkness, Beelzebub. See devil.
Adverse, a.
- 1. Contrary, opposing, counteracting, conflicting, head (as head wind).
- 2. Hostile, inimical, antagonistic, unpropitious, unfavorable, injurious, harmful.
- 3. Unprosperous, untoward, unlucky, unfortunate, calamitous, disastrous.
Adversity, n. Misfortune, calamity, affliction, trouble, suffering, woe, disaster, distress, misery, ill-luck, bad luck, broken fortunes, hard life, frowns of fortune, reverses of fortune, hard times, ill-fate, ills of life, a sea of troubles.
Advertence, Advertency, n. Attention, heed, regard, observance, observation, notice, consideration, heedfulness, mindfulness.