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daring
DEFINITIONS OF:
daring
1
n
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
Synonyms:
dare
Type of:
challenge
a call to engage in a contest or fight
n
the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
Synonyms:
boldness
,
hardihood
,
hardiness
Antonyms:
timidity
,
timorousness
fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities
Types:
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adventurousness
,
venturesomeness
the trait of being adventurous
daredevilry
,
daredeviltry
boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior
audaciousness
,
audacity
,
temerity
fearless daring
brazenness
,
shamelessness
behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
Type of:
fearlessness
the trait of feeling no fear
adj
disposed to venture or take risks
“the most
daring
of contemporary fiction writers”
Synonyms:
audacious
,
venturesome
,
venturous
adventuresome
,
adventurous
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
adj
radically new or original
Synonyms:
avant-garde
original
being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
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