Thesaurus
audacious
Synonyms and Antonyms of audacious
1
displaying or marked by rude boldness
arch, bold, bold-faced, brash, brassbound, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, sassy, saucy, wise
2
foolishly adventurous or bold
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
impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, rash
brainless, foolish, harebrained, scatterbrained
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
3
inclined or willing to take risks
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
chickenhearted, coward, cowardly, craven, lily-livered, milk-livered, milky, poltroon, pusillanimous, shy, timid, timorous
careful, cautious, heedful, prudent, wary
affrighted, afraid, alarmed, fainthearted, fearful, frightened, horrified, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized
calm, cool, levelheaded, rational, reasonable, sage, sane, sensible, sound, wise
Learn More about audacious
-
See words that rhyme with audacious Dictionary: Definition of audacious Spanish Central: Translation of audacious Nglish: Translation of audacious for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of audacious for Arabic speakers
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up audacious? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
