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Daredevil

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Similar meaning 2

Bold 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bold 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Broader term 2

Adventurer 76% connected

One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Venturer 76% connected

One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Harum-scarum 92% connected

Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lunatic 92% connected

Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Madcap 92% connected

Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Swashbuckler 92% connected

A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Temerarious 92% connected

Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.