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audacious


 
  Grep  of  noun  audacious 
  audaciousness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  audacious 
 
  The  adj  audacious  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  audacious,  brave,  dauntless,  fearless,  intrepid,  unfearing  --  (invulnerable  to  fear  or  intimidation;  "audacious  explorers";  "fearless  reporters  and  photographers";  "intrepid  pioneers") 
  2.  audacious,  barefaced,  bodacious,  bold-faced,  brassy,  brazen,  brazen-faced,  insolent  --  (unrestrained  by  convention  or  propriety;  "an  audacious  trick  to  pull";  "a  barefaced  hypocrite";  "the  most  bodacious  display  of  tourism  this  side  of  Anaheim"-  Los  Angeles  Times;  "bold-faced  lies";  "brazen  arrogance";  "the  modern  world  with  its  quick  material  successes  and  insolent  belief  in  the  boundless  possibilities  of  progress"-  Bertrand  Russell) 
  3.  audacious,  daring,  venturesome,  venturous  --  (disposed  to  venture  or  take  risks;  "audacious  visions  of  the  total  conquest  of  space";  "an  audacious  interpretation  of  two  Jacobean  dramas";  "the  most  daring  of  contemporary  fiction  writers";  "a  venturesome  investor";  "a  venturous  spirit") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  audacious 
 
  3  senses  of  audacious 
 
  Sense  1 
  audacious,  brave,  dauntless,  fearless,  intrepid,  unfearing 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  bold)  ->  timid 
 
  Sense  2 
  audacious,  barefaced,  bodacious,  bold-faced,  brassy,  brazen,  brazen-faced,  insolent 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unashamed)  ->  ashamed 
 
  Sense  3 
  audacious,  daring,  venturesome,  venturous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  adventurous)  ->  unadventurous 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  audacious 
 
  3  senses  of  audacious 
 
  Sense  1 
  audacious,  brave,  dauntless,  fearless,  intrepid,  unfearing 
  =>  bold  (vs.  timid) 
 
  Sense  2 
  audacious,  barefaced,  bodacious,  bold-faced,  brassy,  brazen,  brazen-faced,  insolent 
  =>  unashamed  (vs.  ashamed) 
 
  Sense  3 
  audacious,  daring,  venturesome,  venturous 
  =>  adventurous  (vs.  unadventurous),  adventuresome 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  audacious 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  audacious 
 
  audacious  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  audacious 
  audacious 
 
  Overview  of  adj  audacious 
 
  The  adj  audacious  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  audacious,  brave,  dauntless,  fearless,  intrepid,  unfearing  --  (invulnerable  to  fear  or  intimidation;  "audacious  explorers";  "fearless  reporters  and  photographers";  "intrepid  pioneers") 
  2.  audacious,  barefaced,  bodacious,  bold-faced,  brassy,  brazen,  brazen-faced,  insolent  --  (unrestrained  by  convention  or  propriety;  "an  audacious  trick  to  pull";  "a  barefaced  hypocrite";  "the  most  bodacious  display  of  tourism  this  side  of  Anaheim"-  Los  Angeles  Times;  "bold-faced  lies";  "brazen  arrogance";  "the  modern  world  with  its  quick  material  successes  and  insolent  belief  in  the  boundless  possibilities  of  progress"-  Bertrand  Russell) 
  3.  audacious,  daring,  venturesome,  venturous  --  (disposed  to  venture  or  take  risks;  "audacious  visions  of  the  total  conquest  of  space";  "an  audacious  interpretation  of  two  Jacobean  dramas";  "the  most  daring  of  contemporary  fiction  writers";  "a  venturesome  investor";  "a  venturous  spirit") 



audacious definition