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bold
Synonyms and Antonyms of bold
- our youngest brother was the boldest one in the family, instantly taking to everything from skiing to skateboarding
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
- you're a bold little brat for trying to steal my stuff while I'm right here
arch, audacious, bold-faced, brash, brassbound, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, sassy, saucy, wise
- an interior decorator who likes to use bold colors
arresting, bodacious, brilliant, catchy, commanding, conspicuous, dramatic, emphatic, eye-catching, flamboyant, grabby, kenspeckle [chiefly Scottish], marked, noisy, noticeable, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, showy, splashy, striking
detectable, discernible (also discernable), observable, perceptible, recognizable, visible
distinguished, eminent, impressive, notable, noteworthy
flagrant, glaring, howling, screaming
flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, jazzy, loud, meretricious, swank (or swanky), tawdry
highfalutin (also hifalutin), ostentatious, pretentious
extravagant, fancy, florid, glittery, spectacular
opulent, ornate, overdone, overwrought
absorbing, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, interesting, riveting
- a bold child who interrupts the adults at his parents' parties
arrogant, bumptious, complacent, conceited, egoistic (also egoistical), egomaniacal, egotistic (or egotistical), highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-hat, hoity-toity, important, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vainglorious
cavalier, disdainful, haughty, lordly, pretentious, snobbish, stuck-up, supercilious, superior
audacious, bold-faced, brash, brassbound, brassy, brazen, cheeky, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, overbold, pert, sassy, saucy
confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure
domineering, high-handed, imperious
self-absorbed, self-centered, self-concerned, self-engrossed, self-infatuated, self-interested, self-involved, selfish, self-obsessed, self-seeking
demure, down-to-earth, humble, lowly, meek, unassertive, unpretentious
- the advanced climbers chose a bold cliff to test themselves
- the bold explorers who will someday journey to other planets
brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, gutty, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, manful, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undauntable, undaunted, valiant, valorous
determined, firm, game, gamy (or gamey), gritty, plucky, resolute, Spartan, undeterred, undismayed, unflinching, unswerving
adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, daring, dashing, hardy, venturesome, venturous
crazy, foolish, half-witted, insane, lunatic, mad, nutty
brash, brazen, daredevil, foolhardy, heedless, hotheaded, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, madcap, overbold, overconfident, rash, reckless, thoughtless, wild
comforted, emboldened, encouraged, heartened, reassured, unafraid
diffident, mousy (or mousey), scary, shy, skittish, timid
anxious, apprehensive, nervous
careful, cautious, heedful, prudent, unadventurous
afraid, agitated, disconcerted, disquieted, disturbed, frightened, horrified, panicked, panic-stricken, perturbed, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized, unnerved, upset
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