audacious
Meaning of audacious
adjective
- showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.
a series of audacious takeovers
- showing an impudent lack of respect.
he made an audacious remark
mid 16th century: from Latin audax, audac- ‘bold’ (from audere ‘dare’) + -ious.
Information about audacious
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of audacious
au-da-cious
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- audacious is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
audacious synonyms
Meaning brave:
brave, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, unfearing
Meaning barefaced:
barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, insolent
Meaning daring:
daring, venturesome, venturous
Meaning (of a person, action, or idea) showing a willingness to take risks; confident and courageous:
Meaning feeling no fear or anxiety:
Meaning not showing fear or hesitation in the face of danger or difficulty:
Meaning not deterred by danger or pain; brave:
Meaning possessing or showing courage or determination:
Meaning showing great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle:
Meaning having the characteristics of a hero or heroine; admirably brave or determined:
Meaning attractive, adventurous, and full of confidence (typically used of a man):
Meaning having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties:
Meaning reckless and daring:
Meaning heedless of danger or the consequences of one's actions; rash or impetuous:
Meaning (of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated:
Meaning amusingly eccentric:
Meaning willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences:
Meaning having or showing initiative and resourcefulness:
Meaning (of a process or system) characterized by constant change, activity, or progress:
Meaning full of energy, enthusiasm, and determination:
Meaning (of a person or animal) full of spirit and courage; lively:
Meaning eager or willing to do something new or challenging:
Meaning having or showing courage, determination, and spirit:
Meaning courageous and determined:
Meaning determined and courageous:
Meaning reckless; rash:
Meaning not showing due respect for another person; impertinent:
Meaning not showing proper respect; rude:
Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate:
Meaning (of a person) bold or overfamiliar in manner:
Meaning showing a lack of respect or politeness in a way that is amusing or appealing:
Meaning showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously:
Meaning showing rudeness and a lack of consideration for other people:
Meaning showing a lack of respect or courtesy; impolite:
Meaning defiant of authority; disobedient to orders:
Meaning not having or showing good manners:
Meaning offensively impolite or bad-mannered:
Meaning in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined:
Meaning self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way:
Meaning (of a person or their conduct) characterized by or showing a lack of shame; barefaced or brazen:
Meaning impudent or cheeky:
Meaning showing defiance:
Meaning very bold and unusual and rather shocking:
Meaning causing indignation or disgust; offensive:
Meaning conceited or confident in a bold or cheeky way:
Meaning insolent or impertinent:
Meaning inclined to talk a lot, especially in a rude or insolent way:
Meaning presumptuous towards someone, especially in a sexual way:
Meaning glib or flippant:
Meaning cheeky or impertinent:
Meaning lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky:
Meaning easily agitated or alarmed; nervous:
Meaning boldly disrespectful; impudent:
Meaning (of behaviour) scornful and insulting; insolent:
audacious antonyms
Meaning showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened:
Meaning having or showing behaviour that is respectful and considerate of other people:
Translation of audacious
- German: mutig, kühn, tollkühn, waghalsig, übermütig, unerschrocken, furchtlos, wagemutig, risikobereit, risikofreudig, unverschämt, schamlos, unverfroren
- French: audacieux, intrépide
- Italian: audace, coraggioso, ardito, impavido, intrepido, avventuroso, temerario, insolente, impudente, baldanzoso
- Portuguese: audacioso, destemido
- Spanish: audaz, atrevido, intrépido, impávido, imperturbable, impertérrito, intrépida, atrevida, impertérrita, impávida, temerario
Words that rhyme with audacious
aerobious, amphibious, anaerobious, antiscabious, dubious, helobious, hematobious, indubious, microbious, nonamphibious, rabious, rubious, scabious, stibious, superbious, superdubious, triphibious, undubious, Delicious, Procious, acinacious, ametoecious, androdioecious, andromonoecious, appendicious, artificious, astucious, atrocious, auspicious, autecious, autoecious, avaricious, bibacious, bodacious, boldacious, bowdacious, capacious, capricious, cilicious, coconscious, cogracious, conconscious, conscious, contumacious, curvacious, delicious, dicacious, diecious, dioecious, disgracious
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