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'Adventure' does not mean 'joureny/travel'?
 

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It does not mean the same as either "journey" or "travel". But either can be adventurous.
 

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Does 'Adventure' mean 'journey/travel'?
 

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When used as a noun, 'journey' and 'travel' are synonyms of 'adventure'.
 

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They are not really synonyms. They don't convey much of the meaning of "adventure".

Adventure: "an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity. Daring and exciting activity calling for enterprise and enthusiasm."

Notice that "travel" and "journey" are not mentioned in the definition.

Adventure is basically "an exciting activity" (which might involve travel, but doesn't have to).
 

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They are not really synonyms. They don't convey much of the meaning of "adventure".

Adventure: "an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity. Daring and exciting activity calling for enterprise and enthusiasm."

Notice that "travel" and "journey" are not mentioned in the definition.

Adventure is basically "an exciting activity" (which might involve travel, but doesn't have to).
Journey Synonyms, Journey Antonyms | Thesaurus.com ;-)
 

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Seems another discussion about the definition of synonyms is coming up.
 

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A thesaurus does not just give a list of synonyms for a word; it gives words that may be used in place of the original word - in the right context. Your link gives these words for ‘journey

[FONT=&quot]adventure, airing, beat, campaign, caravan, circuit, constitutional, course, crossing, drive, expedition, exploration, hike, itinerary, jaunt, junket, march, migration, odyssey, outing, passage, patrol, peregrination, pilgrimage, progress, promenade, quest, ramble, range, roaming, round, route, run, safari, sally, saunter, sojourn, stroll, survey, tour, tramp, transit, transmigration, travel, traveling, traverse, trek, trip, vagabondage, vagrancy, venture, visit, voyage, wandering, wayfaring.[/FONT]


I don't think anybody would claim that these are all synonyms for journey in all contexts.

Journey can be used as an alternative to adventure in some contexts, such as, for example, Peter Pan's "To die would be a great journey".
 
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