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inclined or willing to take risks<our youngest brother was the boldest one in the family, instantly taking to everything from skiing to skateboarding>Synonymsadventuresome, adventurous, audacious, daring, dashing, emboldened, enterprising, gutsy, hardy, nerved, nervy, venturesome, venturousRelated Wordsbrash, daredevil, foolhardy, heedless, hotheaded, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, madcap, overbold, overconfident, rash, reckless, spirited, thoughtless, wild; brave, courageous, dauntless, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic, intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous; gritty, plucky, spirited, spunky; hasty, headlong, precipitate; absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, crazy, foolish, half-witted, harebrained, insane, lunatic, mad, nutty, scatterbrained, silly, wacky, witless; unnecessary; dumb, idiotic, moronic, stupid; irrational, unreasonableNear Antonymschickenhearted, coward, cowardly, craven, lily-livered, 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, worriedAntonymsunadventurous, unenterprising
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displaying or marked by rude boldness<youʼre a bold little brat for trying to steal my stuff while Iʼm right here>— see nervy 1
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likely to attract attention<an interior decorator who likes to use bold colors>— see noticeable
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showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty<a bold child who interrupts the adults at his parentsʼ parties>— see presumptuous 1
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having an incline approaching the perpendicular<the advanced climbers chose a bold cliff to test themselves>— see steep 1
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