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