- bold
- adj1. courageous, fearless, daring, dauntless, unafraid; valiant, valorous, lionhearted, stouthearted, intrepid, audacious, Scot. bardy; heroic, stalwart, stout, sturdy, defiant, plucky, gritty; adventurous, venturesome; resolute, undismayed, unflinching, unalarmed, confident, assured; rash, daredevil, foolhardy.2. barefaced, brazen, brassy, insolent, rude, impudent, impertinent, pert, saucy, fresh, Scot, and North Eng. crouse; immodest, unabashed, unreserved, shameless, cheeky, unblushing; presumptuous, forward, indecorous, unseemly; frank, candid, open, honest, direct, plainspoken, outspoken, straightforward.3. conspicuous, prominent, eye-catching; ostentatious, obtrusive, pretentious; flashy, showy, garish, gaudy.4. steep, sheer, bluff, abrupt, sudden, precipitous; perpendicular, vertical; acclivitous, ascending, rising, towering.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.