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overbold

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of overbold

foolishly adventurous or bold

One overbold tourist almost tumbled over the rocks and into the sea.

Synonyms of overbold

audacious, brash, daredevil, foolhardy, madcap, overconfident, reckless

Words Related to overbold

adventuresome, adventurous, bold, daring, venturesome, venturous

impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, rash

brainless, foolish, harebrained, scatterbrained

careless, heedless, thoughtless

hasty, headlong, precipitate

Near Antonyms of overbold

unadventurous, unambitious

fainthearted, fearful, mousy (or mousey), scary, shy, skittish, timid, timorous

calm, cool, levelheaded, sensible

chicken, chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, lily-livered, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow

Antonyms of overbold

careful, cautious, circumspect, guarded, heedful, prudent, safe, wary

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