adventuress
Bold woman seeking thrills
An adventuress is a woman who seeks adventure, wealth, or social advancement through bold or unscrupulous means.
The term typically carries negative connotations—suggesting someone who uses charm or seduction to exploit others, particularly wealthy men: The novel's adventuress married three times, each husband richer than the last.
The word is dated but appears in historical fiction and period pieces.
Courageous and daring
- audaciousRecklessly or disrespectfully fearless
- intrepidResolutely without fear
- fearlessLacking any apprehension
- courageousShowing bravery under threat
brave · plucky · spirited · undaunted · venturesome · risk-taker · gutsy · daredevil
One who journeys
- voyagerLong-distance journey taker
- wandererRootless, roving person
- globetrotterFrequent international voyager
- wayfarerTraveler, especially walking
nomad · explorer · roamer · journeyer · pilgrim · expedition · safari · trek
Brave female protagonist
- protagonistStory's central figure
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- romanceLove and its excitement
- novelNew and unusual
fiction · melodrama · saga · tale · legend · pulp · damsel · ingenue
Woman who entices romantically
- temptressWoman who entices
- schemerCrafty, deceitful planner
- gold-diggerOne pursuing wealthy partners
- courtesanPaid aristocratic companion
coquette · siren · vamp · enchantress · fortune-hunter · opportunist · minx · flirt
Covert information gatherer
- conspiratorOne planning in secret
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- covertIntentionally concealed
seduction · manipulation · deception · subterfuge · secret · scheming · duplicity · treachery
bold
Courageous and daring
- audaciousRecklessly or disrespectfully fearless
- intrepidResolutely without fear
- fearlessLacking any apprehension
courageous · brave · plucky · spirited · undaunted · venturesome · risk-taker · gutsy · daredevil · reckless
traveler
One who journeys
- voyagerLong-distance journey taker
- wandererRootless, roving person
- globetrotterFrequent international voyager
wayfarer · nomad · explorer · roamer · journeyer · pilgrim · expedition · safari · trek · odyssey
heroine
Brave female protagonist
- protagonistStory's central figure
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- romanceLove and its excitement
novel · fiction · melodrama · saga · tale · legend · pulp · damsel · ingenue · antiheroine
seductress
Woman who entices romantically
- temptressWoman who entices
- schemerCrafty, deceitful planner
- gold-diggerOne pursuing wealthy partners
courtesan · coquette · siren · vamp · enchantress · fortune-hunter · opportunist · minx · flirt · jezebel
spy
Covert information gatherer
- conspiratorOne planning in secret
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
covert · seduction · manipulation · deception · subterfuge · secret · scheming · duplicity · treachery · mysterious
- femme fatalesfemme fatale, seductress, temptress, vixen, enchantress
- daredevilsbase jumper, stuntwoman, stuntman, cliff diver, stunt driver
adventuresshomebody
One preferring domestic life
homemaker · housewife · stay-at-home · domestic · recluse
adventuressgentlewoman
Woman of high birth
lady · proper lady · ingenue · innocent · prude
adventuresshomebody
One preferring domestic life
stay-at-home · timid soul · coward · wallflower · shrinking violet
- choose your own adventureReader-controlled branching narrative
- high adventureExciting, risky exploits
- adventure storyNarrative featuring perilous exploits
- adventure storiesFiction centered on exciting exploits
- epic adventureGrand-scale heroic journey
- adventure gamesInteractive story-driven puzzlers
adventure, adventurer, adventurers, misadventure, adventuresome