daredevil

¹dare·dev·il

adj \ˈder-ˌde-v^əl\

Definition of DAREDEVIL

: recklessly and often ostentatiously daring

Examples of DAREDEVIL

1. <his daredevil stunts are sure to end in disaster someday>
2. <a daredevil driver who thinks that drag racing on city streets is a harmless game>

First Known Use of DAREDEVIL

1727

Related to DAREDEVIL

Synonyms: audacious, brash, foolhardy, madcap, overbold, overconfident, reckless, temerarious

Antonyms: careful, cautious, circumspect, guarded, heedful, prudent, safe, wary

Related Words: adventuresome, adventurous, bold, daring, venturesome, venturous; brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, manful, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undauntable, undaunted, valiant, valorous; hotheaded; impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, rash; brainless, foolish, harebrained, scatterbrained; careless, heedless, thoughtless; hasty, headlong, precipitate

Near Antonyms: unadventurous, unambitious; fainthearted, fearful, mousy (or mousey), scary, shy, skittish, timid, timorous; calm, cool, levelheaded, sensible; alert, intelligent, quick-witted, sharp; chicken, chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, lily-livered, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow

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