daring

¹dar·ing

adj

Definition of DARING

: venturesomely bold in action or thought

— dar·ing·ly \-iŋ-lē\ adverb

— dar·ing·ness noun

Examples of DARING

1. a daring reporter who has covered several wars
2. She's a daring innovator in the field of biotechnology.
3. a daring plan to steal the famous painting
4. She decided to wear a daring dress to the party.
5. ideas that are new and daring
6. the artist's daring use of color

First Known Use of DARING

1575

Related to DARING

Synonyms: adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, dashing, emboldened, enterprising, free-swinging, gutsy, hardy, nerved, nervy, venturesome, venturous

Antonyms: unadventurous, unenterprising

Related Words: brash, daredevil, foolhardy, heedless, hotheaded, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, madcap, overbold, overconfident, rash, reckless, thoughtless, wild; brave, courageous, dauntless, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, swashbuckling, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous; gritty, plucky, spirited, spunky; gadarene, hasty, headlong, precipitate; absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, crazy, foolish, half-witted, harebrained, insane, lunatic, mad, nutty, scatterbrained, silly, wacky (also whacky), witless; unnecessary; dumb, idiotic (also idiotical), moronic, stupid; irrational, unreasonable

Near Antonyms: chickenhearted, coward, cowardly, craven, lily-livered, milk-livered, milky, poltroon, pusillanimous, shy, timid, timorous; careful, cautious, heedful, prudent, wary; overcareful, overcautious; affrighted, afraid, alarmed, fainthearted, fearful, frightened, horrified, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized; unnerved; calm, cool, levelheaded, rational, reasonable, sage, sane, sensible, sound, wise; appalled, concerned, dismayed, upset, worried

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Rhymes with DARING

airing, bearing, Bering, fairing, flaring, glaring, herring, paring, sparing, tearing, wearing