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Audacious

Daring; spirited; adventurous.

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Adventuresome 84% connected

Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.

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Adventuresome 84% connected

Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.

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Adventurous 84% connected

Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.

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Adventurous 84% connected

Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.

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Bold 84% connected

Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.

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Bold 84% connected

Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.

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Derivationally related 4

Audaciousness 74% connected

The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Audaciousness 74% connected

The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.

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Audacity 74% connected

Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.

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Audacity 74% connected

Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.

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Synonym 13

Bald-faced 92% connected

Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Barefaced 92% connected

With the face uncovered; not masked.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Brassy 92% connected

Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Brave 92% connected

Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Brazen 92% connected

Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Daring 92% connected

of Dare

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Dauntless 92% connected

Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fearless 92% connected

Free from fear.

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Hardy 92% connected

Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Insolent 92% connected

Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Intrepid 92% connected

Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Venturesome 92% connected

Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Venturous 92% connected

Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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