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 audacious audacious /ɑːˈdeɪʃəs/

adjective

  1. () Invulnerable to fear or intimidation  ( fearless , hardy , intrepid , audacious , brave , dauntless , unfearing )
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
     Audacious explorers
    audacious explorers
     Fearless reporters and photographers
    fearless reporters and photographers
     Intrepid pioneers
    intrepid pioneers
  2. Disposed to venture or take risks  ( audacious , venturesome , venturous , daring )
    disposed to venture or take risks
     Audacious visions of the total conquest of space
    audacious visions of the total conquest of space
     An audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas
    an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas
     The most daring of contemporary fiction writers
    the most daring of contemporary fiction writers
     A venturesome investor
    a venturesome investor
     A venturous spirit
    a venturous spirit
  3. Unrestrained by convention or propriety  ( audacious , bald-faced , barefaced , bodacious [Informal, N. American] , brassy , brazen , brazen-faced , insolent )
    unrestrained by convention or propriety
     An audacious trick to pull
    an audacious trick to pull
     A barefaced hypocrite
    a barefaced hypocrite
     The most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim
    the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim
     Bald-faced lies
    bald-faced lies
     Brazen arrogance
    brazen arrogance
     The modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress
    the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress