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AUDACIOUS
audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous
(adjective) disposed to venture or take risks; “audacious visions of the total conquest of space”; “an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas”; “the most daring of contemporary fiction writers”; “a venturesome investor”; “a venturous spirit”
audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent
(adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety; “an audacious trick to pull”; “a barefaced hypocrite”; “the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim”- Los Angeles Times; “bald-faced lies”; “brazen arrogance”; “the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress”- Bertrand Russell
audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing
(adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation; “audacious explorers”; “fearless reporters and photographers”; “intrepid pioneers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
audacious (comparative more audacious, superlative most audacious)
Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
Impudent.
Synonyms
• (willing to take bold risks): bold, daring, temeritous, temerarious
Antonyms
• (willing to take bold risks): shy, cautious, prudent
Source: Wiktionary
Au*da"cious, a. Etym: [F. audacieux, as if fr. LL. audaciosus (not found), fr. L. audacia audacity, fr. audax, -acis, bold, fr. audere to dare.]
1. Daring; spirited; adventurous. As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides Audacious. Milton.
2. Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. " Audacious traitor." Shak. " Such audacious neighborhood." Milton.
3. Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum. "Audacious cruelty." "Audacious prate." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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