The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - adventure n.

1) exploit, escapade, danger, peril; affair, undertaking, feat, deed; experience, incident, event, occurrence, happening, episode: We shared many wartime adventures. 2) speculation, hazard, chance, risk, venture, enterprise: I lost a fortune in some of his financial adventures. --v. 3) venture, hazard, risk, imperil, endanger, jeopardize, threaten: Would you adventure your pension money in such a scheme? 4 dare, wager, bet, gamble, stake, try one's luck, Brit punt: She adventured a whole week's salary on the pools.