Thesaurus
bold
Synonyms and Antonyms of bold
1
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
2
displaying or marked by rude boldness
arch, audacious, bold-faced, brash, brassbound, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, sassy, saucy, wise
3
likely to attract attention
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
4
showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty
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
5
having an incline approaching the perpendicular
6
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament
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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