Synonyms of misadventure

misadventure

noun

ˌmi-səd-ˈven-chər 

as in misfortune

bad luck or an example of this

a string of financial misadventures eventually left him broke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misfortune
• tragedy
• mishap
• disaster
• hardship
• accident
• trouble
• catastrophe
• misery
• trial
• ill
• adversity
• mischance
• fate
• calamity
• knock
• circumstance
• disappointment
• defeat
• doom
• suffering
• sorrow
• blow
• failure
• woe
• distress
• casualty
• tribulation
• evil
• unhappiness
• curse
• setback
• cataclysm
• destiny
• affliction
• portion
• nonsuccess
• letdown
• fizzle
• body blow
• lot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• luck
• fortune
• opportunity
• stroke
• success
• chance
• serendipity
• strike
• hit
• break
• windfall
• achievement
• fluke
• accomplishment
• godsend

Examples of misadventure in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about images and occasionally organize an entire page of results, despite the technology’s past misadventures with misleading information. —Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024

But in doing so, writer-director James Watkins has swapped out malevolence for a tamer sense of misadventure. —Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024

Family Matters–part of the legendary TGIF family programming lineup from the 90s–showed how a lovable, hard-working family has to work even harder to find their place in a world of misadventures. —Devonne Goode, Parents, 5 Sep. 2024

An adaptation of the novel by Peter Brown, the film follows the mishaps and misadventures of Roz, a robot trying to survive — and thrive — in the wilderness of a remote island. —Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2024