unadventurous

The word “unadventurous” has 5 syllables: un-ad-ven-tur-ous

It's pronounced as /ˌʌn.ədˈvɛn.tʃər.əs/


What is synonym and antonym for unadventurous?

In the thesaurus, “unadventurous” has 45 synonyms and 36 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for unadventurous along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for unadventurous

  • antisocial
  • awkward
  • backward
  • bashful
  • buttoned-up
  • calculating
  • careful
  • chary
  • circumspect
  • competent
  • considerate
  • coy
  • demure
  • dependable
  • diffident
  • discreet
  • embarrassed
  • gingerly
  • guarded
  • inhibited
  • introverted
  • lone
  • lone-wolf
  • modest
  • on safe side
  • prudent
  • realistic
  • recessive
  • reliable
  • reserved
  • retiring
  • self-conscious
  • self-effacing
  • sheepish
  • shy
  • sure
  • trustworthy
  • unassertive
  • uneasy
  • unenterprising
  • unsociable
  • unsocial
  • uptight
  • wary
  • withdrawn

Antonyms for unadventurous

  • bold
  • boon
  • brash
  • clubable
  • clubbable
  • companionable
  • convivial
  • dangerous
  • dashing
  • exposed
  • extraverted
  • extroverted
  • forceful
  • forward
  • gregarious
  • harmful
  • immodest
  • incautious
  • irresponsible
  • outgoing
  • overbold
  • poisonous
  • risky
  • sociable
  • social
  • uncertain
  • unguarded
  • uninhibited
  • unprotected
  • unreliable
  • unreserved
  • unsafe
  • unsteady
  • unsure
  • unthoughtful
  • vulnerable

Meanings of unadventurous

  • adjective
    1. Not adventurous.

Example Sentences

  • His unadventurous nature made him hesitant to try new foods when traveling.
  • The unadventurous route was chosen for the hike, avoiding any challenging terrain.
  • She led a comfortable yet unadventurous life, never venturing far from her hometown.
  • The unadventurous menu at the restaurant disappointed those seeking culinary excitement.
  • His unadventurous wardrobe consisted mostly of neutral colors and classic styles.

On this page you'll find 81 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to unadventurous, such as: antisocial, awkward, backward, bashful, bold, boon, brash.

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Related Words

abashed

  • agitated
  • ashamed
  • awkward
  • backward
  • bashful
  • bewildered
  • bothered
  • bugged
  • chagrined
  • clumsy
  • confounded
  • confused
  • coy
  • crushed
  • debased
  • degraded
  • demeaned
  • demure
  • diffident
  • discombobulated
  • discomfited
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disconcerted
  • discountenanced
  • dismayed
  • disquieted
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • embarrassed
  • fazed
  • flustered
  • fuddled
  • gauche
  • graceless
  • humbled
  • humiliated
  • in a tizzy
  • inelegant
  • inhibited
  • insecure
  • introverted
  • jittery
  • jumpy
  • meek
  • modest
  • mortified
  • nervous
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • perturbed
  • put off
  • put out
  • queered
  • rattled
  • recessive
  • reserved
  • retiring
  • rough-hewn
  • rustic
  • rustical
  • self-conscious
  • self-doubting
  • self-effacing
  • shamed
  • sheepish
  • shy
  • stiff
  • stilted
  • taken aback
  • timid
  • unadventurous
  • unassertive
  • unassuming
  • uncomfortable
  • uneasy
  • unenterprising
  • ungraceful
  • unhinged
  • unpretentious
  • unsettled
  • upset
  • uptight
  • withdrawn
  • wooden

backward

  • abaft
  • about
  • across
  • afraid
  • aft
  • after
  • anticlockwise
  • antisocial
  • around
  • arrested
  • astern
  • athwart
  • averse
  • awkward
  • back
  • bashful
  • behind
  • checked
  • counter
  • counterclockwise
  • coy
  • delayed
  • demure
  • diffident
  • disinclined
  • down
  • downward
  • downwards
  • embarrassed
  • hesitant
  • hesitating
  • hind
  • humble
  • in reverse
  • indisposed
  • inhibited
  • introverted
  • inverted
  • late
  • left-handed
  • left-handedly
  • loath
  • lone
  • lone-wolf
  • modest
  • obversely
  • posterior
  • rear
  • rearward
  • rearwards
  • recessive
  • reluctant
  • reserved
  • retiring
  • retrograde
  • reverse
  • reversed
  • reversely
  • round
  • self-conscious
  • self-effacing
  • sheepish
  • shy
  • slow
  • sternforemost
  • tardy
  • timid
  • toward the rear
  • turned around
  • unadventurous
  • unassertive
  • underdeveloped
  • undeveloped
  • uneager
  • uneasy
  • unenterprising
  • unsociable
  • unsocial
  • unwilling
  • uptight
  • wavering
  • widdershins
  • withdrawn
  • withershins

backwards

  • about
  • across
  • aft
  • after
  • anticlockwise
  • antisocial
  • around
  • astern
  • athwart
  • awkward
  • back
  • back to front
  • backward
  • bashful
  • behind
  • counter
  • counterclockwise
  • coy
  • demure
  • diffident
  • down
  • downward
  • downwards
  • embarrassed
  • hind
  • in reverse
  • inhibited
  • inside out
  • introverted
  • left-handed
  • left-handedly
  • lone
  • lone-wolf
  • modest
  • obversely
  • posterior
  • rear
  • rearward
  • rearwards
  • recessive
  • reserved
  • retiring
  • retrograde
  • retrogressive
  • reverse
  • reversed
  • reversely
  • round
  • self-conscious
  • self-effacing
  • sheepish
  • shy
  • sternforemost
  • topsy-turvy
  • toward the rear
  • unadventurous
  • unassertive
  • uneasy
  • unenterprising
  • unsociable
  • unsocial
  • upside down
  • uptight
  • widdershins
  • withdrawn
  • withershins

daunted

  • Milquetoast
  • abashed
  • afflicted
  • affrighted
  • afraid
  • aghast
  • agitated
  • alarmed
  • ambivalent
  • anxious
  • appalled
  • apprehensive
  • aroused
  • bad
  • badgered
  • bashful
  • beat
  • beat-down
  • blanched
  • blue
  • bothered
  • brooding
  • browbeat
  • browbeaten
  • bullied
  • bummed out
  • capricious
  • careful
  • cast down
  • cautious
  • caved-in
  • chapfallen
  • cheerless
  • chicken
  • chilled
  • coward
  • cowardly
  • cowed
  • cowering
  • coy
  • craven
  • crestfallen
  • damped
  • dampened
  • dashed
  • deadened
  • debilitated
  • dejected
  • demoralized
  • demure
  • depressed
  • despondent
  • deterred
  • diffident
  • disappointed
  • disconcerted
  • disconsolate
  • discouraged
  • disheartened
  • dismayed
  • dispirited
  • disquieted
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • doleful
  • down
  • down in the dumps
  • down in the mouth
  • down-in-the-mouth
  • downbeat
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • dragged
  • droopy
  • dull
  • enfeebled
  • faint-hearted
  • fainthearted
  • fearful
  • fearsome
  • feeble
  • forlorn
  • frightened
  • frozen
  • frustrated
  • funky
  • gentle
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • gone to pieces
  • gutless
  • have cold feet
  • having cold feet
  • heartsick
  • heedful
  • horrified
  • horror-struck
  • humble
  • hysteric
  • hysterical
  • in a funk
  • in awe
  • in blue funk
  • in pain
  • in the dumps
  • intimidated
  • irked
  • irresolute
  • jittery
  • jumpy
  • lily-livered
  • listless
  • lost momentum
  • low
  • low-spirited
  • miserable
  • modest
  • moody
  • mopey
  • morose
  • mousy
  • nervous
  • oppressed
  • panic-stricken
  • panicked
  • panicky
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • pessimistic
  • petrified
  • phobic
  • prudent
  • pusillanimous
  • rattled
  • retiring
  • run scared
  • sad
  • saddened
  • scared
  • scared stiff
  • scared to death
  • scary
  • shaky
  • shocked
  • shot down
  • shrinking
  • shy
  • singing the blues
  • skittish
  • soft
  • spineless
  • spiritless
  • spooked
  • startled
  • stunned
  • submissive
  • sunk
  • suspicious
  • terrified
  • terror-stricken
  • terrorized
  • threw cold water on
  • timid
  • timorous
  • trembling
  • tremulant
  • tremulous
  • tried
  • troubled
  • unadventurous
  • unassertive
  • unassured
  • undermined
  • uneasy
  • unmanned
  • unnerved
  • upset
  • vacillating
  • vexed
  • vext
  • wary
  • wavering
  • weak
  • weakened
  • weighed
  • weighed down
  • woebegone
  • worried
  • yellow

panic-stricken

  • affrighted
  • afraid
  • aghast
  • agitated
  • alarmed
  • anxious
  • appalled
  • apprehensive
  • careful
  • cautious
  • chicken
  • coward
  • cowardly
  • cowed
  • craven
  • daunted
  • disconcerted
  • dismayed
  • disquieted
  • disturbed
  • fainthearted
  • fearful
  • fearsome
  • frightened
  • frozen
  • funky
  • gutless
  • heedful
  • horrified
  • horror-struck
  • hysteric
  • hysterical
  • intimidated
  • jittery
  • jumpy
  • lily-livered
  • nervous
  • panicked
  • panicky
  • perturbed
  • phobic
  • prudent
  • pusillanimous
  • scared
  • scary
  • shocked
  • shrinking
  • shy
  • skittish
  • spooked
  • startled
  • terrified
  • terrorized
  • timid
  • timorous
  • tremulant
  • tremulous
  • unadventurous
  • uneasy
  • unnerved
  • upset
  • wary
  • worried

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