Entry Word: foolhardy

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 foolishly adventurous or bold <hikers who were foolhardy enough to remain on the summit during a thunderstorm>

Synonyms brash, daredevil, madcap, overbold, overconfident, reckless

Related Words adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, venturesome, venturous; brave, courageous, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, lionhearted, stouthearted, undaunted, valiant; hotheaded; impetuous, impulsive, rash; brainless, foolish, harebrained, scatterbrained; careless, heedless, thoughtless; hasty, headlong, precipitate

Near Antonyms unadventurous, unambitious; fainthearted, timid, timorous; calm, cool, levelheaded, sensible; alert, intelligent, quick-witted, sharp

Antonyms careful, cautious, heedful, prudent

2 having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions <it's foolhardy to go hiking during late fall without warm clothes> — see reckless 1