misadventure

Other forms of misadventure

plural

misadventures·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about misadventure

What does misadventure mean?

misadventure means "an instance of misfortune".

How many syllables are in misadventure?

misadventure has 4 syllables: mi-sad-ven-ture. The stress falls on "ven". In IPA it is /mɪsədˈvɛntʃɚ/.

What is another word for misadventure?

Close synonyms include mishap, mischance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is misadventure a common word?

misadventure is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with misadventure?

2 words rhyme with misadventure. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.