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