Synonyms of bold

bold

adjective

ˈbōld 

1

as in adventurous

inclined or willing to take risks

our youngest brother was the boldest one in the family, instantly taking to everything from skiing to skateboarding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adventurous
• daring
• courageous
• fearless
• brave
• audacious
• gutsy
• hardy
• venturous
• reckless
• adventuresome
• dashing
• venturesome
• impulsive
• enterprising
• heroic
• heroical
• nerved
• emboldened
• gallant
• nervy
• foolish
• valiant
• free-swinging
• impetuous
• stupid
• brash
• unafraid
• foolhardy
• dauntless
• spirited
• imprudent
• rash
• undaunted
• thoughtless
• intrepid
• silly
• wild
• dumb
• valorous
• incautious
• spunky
• madcap
• heedless
• overconfident
• daredevil
• hasty
• hotheaded
• plucky
• unnecessary
• gritty
• mad
• absurd
• stout
• stalwart
• headlong
• overbold
• stouthearted
• idiotic
• unreasonable
• swashbuckling
• wacky
• asinine
• nutty
• crazy
• insane
• whacky
• lionhearted
• irrational
• lunatic
• precipitate
• moronic
• harebrained
• witless
• scatterbrained
• greathearted
• brainless
• idiotical
• balmy
• gadarene
• half-witted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in wise

displaying or marked by rude boldness

you're a bold little brat for trying to steal my stuff while I'm right here

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wise
• fresh
• brazen
• audacious
• sassy
• brassy
• impudent
• cheeky
• blunt
• defiant
• assertive
• saucy
• brash
• cocky
• insolent
• bold-faced
• cute
• impertinent
• nervy
• cocksure
• brazen-faced
• smart
• arch
• obtrusive
• forward
• disrespectful
• unabashed
• brassbound
• unblushing
• curt
• shameless
• bluff
• flippant
• flip
• facetious
• mouthy
• pert
• smart-aleck
• lippy
• smart-alecky

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• timid
• meek
• humble
• shy
• modest
• retiring
• proper
• courteous
• polite
• respectful
• mousy
• demure
• genteel
• deferential
• ashamed
• mousey
• mild
• gentle
• embarrassed
• abashed
• inconspicuous
• mannerly
• unobtrusive
• blushing
• shamefaced

3

as in noticeable

likely to attract attention

an interior decorator who likes to use bold colors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• noticeable
• prominent
• dramatic
• commanding
• remarkable
• impressive
• striking
• marked
• conspicuous
• brilliant
• showy
• emphatic
• flamboyant
• pronounced
• interesting
• outstanding
• eye-catching
• loud
• splashy
• visible
• catchy
• arresting
• noisy
• distinguished
• highlighted
• bodacious
• notable
• glaring
• recognizable
• noteworthy
• salient
• discernable
• discernible
• kenspeckle
• grabby
• detectable
• ornate
• perceptible
• eminent
• gaudy
• extravagant
• swanky
• spectacular
• fancy
• flagrant
• flashy
• fascinating
• garish
• observable
• glitzy
• tawdry
• jazzy
• ostentatious
• meretricious
• riveting
• pretentious
• screaming
• swank
• opulent
• enthralling
• engrossing
• absorbing
• florid
• hifalutin
• overwrought
• spotlighted
• glittery
• howling
• highfalutin
• overdone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• subtle
• inconspicuous
• unobtrusive
• unremarkable
• unnoticeable
• hidden
• faint
• obscure
• unemphatic
• concealed
• unshowy
• dim
• unflamboyant
• simple
• insignificant
• modest
• unimportant
• shrouded
• conservative
• plain
• undistinguished
• unaffected
• unassuming
• unpretentious
• understated
• quiet
• subdued
• restrained
• muted
• unflashy
• toned-down

4

as in familiar

showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty

a bold child who interrupts the adults at his parents' parties

Synonyms & Similar Words

• familiar
• arrogant
• proud
• smug
• immodest
• important
• presumptuous
• confident
• forward
• selfish
• overfamiliar
• brazen
• vain
• audacious
• presuming
• sassy
• bumptious
• brassy
• egotistical
• free
• impudent
• cheeky
• brash
• cavalier
• vainglorious
• saucy
• bold-faced
• domineering
• haughty
• complacent
• pompous
• conceited
• self-assertive
• uppity
• cocky
• pretentious
• sure
• insolent
• prideful
• high-and-mighty
• egoistical
• egomaniacal
• supercilious
• egotistic
• snobbish
• hifalutin
• fresh
• self-important
• high-hat
• overbold
• boastful
• disdainful
• self-confident
• self-assured
• superior
• egoistic
• hoity-toity
• highfalutin
• impertinent
• overweening
• pert
• self-satisfied
• self-complacent
• self-conceited
• self-asserting
• lordly
• high-handed
• imperious
• stuck-up
• braggart
• bragging
• self-centered
• self-interested
• self-absorbed
• self-seeking
• self-involved
• brassbound
• self-concerned
• self-engrossed
• self-obsessed
• self-infatuated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• unassuming
• humble
• meek
• timid
• unpretentious
• demure
• down-to-earth
• unassertive
• bashful
• lowly
• shy
• timorous
• retiring
• mousy
• diffident
• mousey
• self-doubting

5

as in steep

having an incline approaching the perpendicular

the advanced climbers chose a bold cliff to test themselves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steep
• abrupt
• vertical
• sheer
• mountainous
• precipitous
• sloped
• perpendicular
• craggy
• straight
• plumb
• angled
• tilted
• hilly
• slanted
• tipped
• hillocky
• scarped
• heeled
• inclined
• listed
• cocked
• canted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• easy
• soft
• gentle
• moderate
• gradual
• smooth
• flat
• horizontal
• even
• level
• flush
• unruffled
• unwrinkled
• plane

6

as in courageous

feeling or displaying no fear by temperament

the bold explorers who will someday journey to other planets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• courageous
• brave
• fearless
• valiant
• heroic
• heroical
• gallant
• adventurous
• gutsy
• foolish
• dauntless
• undaunted
• intrepid
• impulsive
• manful
• daring
• valorous
• resolute
• stouthearted
• stout
• reckless
• stalwart
• spirited
• lionhearted
• gutty
• determined
• Spartan
• hardy
• unflinching
• undauntable
• doughty
• audacious
• greathearted
• spunky
• brazen
• plucky
• undeterred
• unswerving
• undismayed
• gritty
• mad
• venturous
• game
• impetuous
• adventuresome
• dashing
• venturesome
• brash
• foolhardy
• imprudent
• rash
• hasty
• unafraid
• thoughtless
• insane
• nutty
• gamy
• mettlesome
• wild
• lunatic
• firm
• incautious
• madcap
• heedless
• daredevil
• overconfident
• crazy
• hotheaded
• gamey
• headlong
• reassured
• encouraged
• emboldened
• overbold
• comforted
• precipitate
• half-witted
• heartened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• yellow
• timid
• fearful
• coward
• cowardly
• timorous
• dastardly
• pusillanimous
• scary
• craven
• careful
• unheroic
• gutless
• spineless
• shy
• cautious
• anxious
• diffident
• fainthearted
• nervous
• ungallant
• spiritless
• apprehensive
• nerveless
• chicken
• mousy
• afraid
• prudent
• skittish
• mousey
• uncourageous
• poor-spirited
• frightened
• unadventurous
• startled
• upset
• chickenhearted
• scared
• weakhearted
• milk-livered
• terrified
• agitated
• lily-livered
• heedful
• poltroon
• disturbed
• panicked
• chicken-livered
• perturbed
• unnerved
• shocked
• spooked
• worried
• weak
• horrified
• disconcerted
• concerned
• disquieted
• dismayed
• appalled
• wimpy
• unmanly
• panic-stricken
• terrorized

Examples of bold in a Sentence

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The bold color is certainly making its mark this season. —Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024

Right now, several colors, including bold red, butter yellow, olive green, and white, are on sale. —Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024

But both opt out of the cheeky slogans and get straight to the point with the word Vote in a bold block font. —Shelby Ying Hyde, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024

However, during a full moon where tensions may run high, Carnelian also reinforces your ability to stay focused and resilient, even when life demands bold, swift decisions. —Valerie Mesa, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024