adj. Function: adjective
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Synonyms: BRAVE 1, bold, courageous, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous
Related Words: adventurous, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, rash, reckless, venturesome; brash, brazen, shameless
Contrasted Words: calculating, cautious, chary, wary; judicious, prudent, sane, wise; careful, circumspect, discreet
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Synonyms: ADVENTUROUS , adventuresome, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, rash, reckless, temerarious, venturesome, venturous
Related Words: fearless, valiant, valorous
Contrasted Words: careful, circumspect, discreet; calculating, cautious, chary, wary
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Synonyms: INSOLENT 2, bold, ||boldacious, brazen, contumelious, impertinent, impudent, procacious, saucy
4 free from constraint and formality FF1C; found life an audacious ever-changing adventure FF1E;
Synonyms: uncurbed, ungoverned, unhampered, uninhibited, unrestrained, untrammeled
Related Words: 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