audacious

audacious
adj
1. bold, venturesome, adventuresome, adventurous; daring, brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, lion-hearted, stout-hearted; fearless, dauntless, intrepid, undaunted, unshrinking, unflinching; stalwart, doughty, mettlesome, plucky, Inf. spunky, hardy; virile, manly, tough, Sl. gutsy, Sl. ballsy.
2. presumptuous, overconfident, impertinent, assuming, insolent, impudent, brazen, brassy, rude; unabashed, shameless, forward, Inf. fresh, bumptious, Inf. nervy, Inf. pushy; pert, Archaic. malapert, saucy, Inf. cheeky; rebellious, defiant, self-reliant, strong-willed.
3. foolhardy, rash, temerarious, reckless, desperate, wild; heedless, careless, harebrained, impulsive, hotheaded, madcap, headlong, daredevil, devil-may-care, death-defying, harum-scarum; injudicious, ill-considered, imprudent, indiscreet.
4. original, inventive, imaginative, unconventional, unorthodox; revolutionary, unprecedented, precedent-setting, radical, drastic, extreme; novel, untried, progressive, advanced.
5. lively, spirited, alert, alive, zesty, zestful, vivacious, Inf. zippy, peppy; ardent, fervent, hearty, keen; unrestrained, uninhibited, spontaneous, unconstrained, open, free.

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