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Daring

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Similar meaning 6

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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Original 84% connected

Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the origina…

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Original 84% connected

Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the origina…

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Adventurousness 76% connected

The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.

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Audaciousness 76% connected

The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.

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Audacity 76% connected

Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.

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Brazenness 76% connected

The quality or state of being brazen.

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Daredeviltry 76% connected

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Temerity 76% connected

Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.

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Broader term 1

Challenge 76% connected

An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message con…

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Dare 74% connected

To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.

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Dare 74% connected

To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.

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Defy 74% connected

To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.

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Defy 74% connected

To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.

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Bold 66% connected

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

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Bold 66% connected

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

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Synonym 6

Audacious 92% connected

Daring; spirited; adventurous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Boldness 92% connected

The state or quality of being bold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dare 92% connected

To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hardiness 92% connected

Capability of endurance.

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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