AUDACIOUS


Meaning of AUDACIOUS in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: brave 1, bold, courageous, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous

Related Word: adventurous, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, rash, reckless, venturesome; brash, brazen, shameless

Contrasted words: calculating, cautious, chary, wary; judicious, prudent, sane, wise; careful, circumspect, discreet

2.

Synonyms: adventurous , adventuresome, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, rash, reckless, temerarious, venturesome, venturous

Related Word: fearless, valiant, valorous

Contrasted words: careful, circumspect, discreet; calculating, cautious, chary, wary

3.

Synonyms: insolent 2, bold, ||boldacious, brazen, contumelious, impertinent, impudent, procacious, saucy

4.

free from constraint and formality

found life an audacious ever-changing adventure

Synonyms: uncurbed, ungoverned, unhampered, uninhibited, unrestrained, untrammeled

Related Word: emancipated, free, independent; easy, relaxed; careless, heedless, thoughtless; self-absorbed, self-centered, selfish

Contrasted words: checked, curbed, governed, hampered, inhibited, restrained, trammeled; careful, cautious, heedful, mindful, thoughtful; considerate, generous, self-abnegating, self-effacing; drab, dull, pedestrian

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English vocabulary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь тезаурус.