venturousness
Appetite for risk
Venturousness is the quality of being willing to take risks or try new things.
It suggests a temperament drawn to uncertainty and adventure rather than safety and routine: Her venturousness led her to start three companies before age thirty.
The word is less common than its synonyms adventurousness and boldness.
Brazen, reckless daring
- braveryBoldness before danger
- fearlessnessComplete lack of dread
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- daringAdventurous courage
intrepidity · pluck · valor · fortitude · guts · spunk · nerve · mettle
Creating and managing ventures
- innovationCreating something original
- startupNew business enterprise
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- ambitionDesire for achievement
resourcefulness · ingenuity · drive · hustle · trailblazing · pioneering · speculation · investment
Stake on uncertain outcome
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- hazardSource of potential harm
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
stakes · peril · jeopardy · exposure · daring · recklessness · leap of faith · long shot
Organized exploratory journey
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- questSeeking journey for something
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
voyage · trek · safari · pilgrimage · excursion · wanderlust · discovery · backpacking
audacity
Brazen, reckless daring
- braveryBoldness before danger
- fearlessnessComplete lack of dread
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
daring · intrepidity · pluck · valor · fortitude · guts · spunk · nerve · mettle · gallantry
entrepreneurship
Creating and managing ventures
- innovationCreating something original
- startupNew business enterprise
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
ambition · resourcefulness · ingenuity · drive · hustle · trailblazing · pioneering · speculation · investment · undertaking
gamble
Stake on uncertain outcome
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- hazardSource of potential harm
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
chance · stakes · peril · jeopardy · exposure · daring · recklessness · leap of faith · long shot · precariousness
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- questSeeking journey for something
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
journey · voyage · trek · safari · pilgrimage · excursion · wanderlust · discovery · backpacking · globetrotting
venturousnesstimidity
Fearful lack of courage
cautiousness · timidness · caution · fearfulness · cowardice
venturousnessconservatism
Preference for existing institutions
conventionality · unadventurousness · traditionalism · complacency · stodginess
venturousnesspassivity
State of non-resistance
inertia · passiveness · lethargy · diffidence · reluctance
venture, adventure, adventurous, adventurer, ventures, ventured, venturing, adventured, misadventure