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daringadjective inclined or willing to take risksdaring acrobats who risk life and limb every day for the entertainment of the crowds at the circus adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, dashing, emboldened, enterprising, free-swinging, gutsy, hardy, nerved, nervy, venturesome, venturous brash, daredevil, foolhardy, heedless, hotheaded, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, madcap, overbold, overconfident, rash, reckless, thoughtless, wildbrave, courageous, dauntless, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic(also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, swashbuckling, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorousgritty, plucky, spirited, spunkygadarene, hasty, headlong, precipitateabsurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, crazy, foolish, half-witted, harebrained, insane, lunatic, mad, nutty, scatterbrained, silly, wacky(also whacky), witlessunnecessarydumb, idiotic(also idiotical), moronic, stupidirrational, unreasonable unadventurous, unenterprising chickenhearted, coward, cowardly, craven, lily-livered, milk-livered, milky, poltroon, pusillanimous, shy, timid, timorouscareful, cautious, heedful, prudent, waryovercareful, overcautiousaffrighted, afraid, alarmed, fainthearted, fearful, frightened, horrified, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorizedunnervedcalm, cool, levelheaded, rational, reasonable, sage, sane, sensible, sound, wiseappalled, concerned, dismayed, upset, worried daringnounstrength of mind to carry on in spite of dangerthe daring that the early explorers of Oceania must have had bottle(British slang), bravery, courage, courageousness, daringness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, gallantry, greatheartedness, guts, gutsiness, hardihood, heart, heroism, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, intrepidness, moxie, nerve, pecker(chiefly British), prowess, stoutness, valor, virtue backbone, fiber, fortitude, grit, gumption, mettle, pluck, pluckiness, spunk, temperdetermination, perseverance, resolutionendurance, stamina, stomach, tenacityaudacity, boldness, brazenness, cheek, cojones(slang), effrontery, gall, temerity cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, poltroonery, spinelessness cold feet, faintheartedness, fearfulness, mousiness, timidity, timorousnessfeebleness, softness, weaknessimpotence, ineffectualnesshesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution daringverbpresent participle of dareto invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a featI dare you to repeat that to my face! he dared his friend to race to the end of the block challenging, defying, stumping bearding, braving, brazening, breasting, confronting, facing, outbraving, outfacing to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courageevery day the old fisherman dared the elements to make his meager living bearding, braving, brazening, breasting, confronting, defying, facing, outbraving, outfacing facing up (to), frontingaffrontingchallengingencountering, meetingaccosting, approaching, corneringrepelling, resisting, standing, withstandingbattling, combating(or combatting), contending (with), fighting, opposing, squaring (off) standing up to dodging, ducking, funking, shirking, sidestepping avoiding, eschewing, shunningeluding, escaping, evading, shaking adj.adventurous, venturesome, daring, daredevil, rash, reckless, foolhardy mean exposing oneself to danger more than required by good sense.adventurous implies a willingness to accept risks but not necessarily imprudence.adventurous pioneers venturesome implies a jaunty eagerness for perilous undertakings.venturesome stunt pilots daring implies fearlessness in courting danger.daring mountain climbers daredevil stresses ostentation in daring.daredevil motorcyclists rash suggests imprudence and lack of forethought.a rash decision reckless implies heedlessness of probable consequences.a reckless driver foolhardy suggests a recklessness that is inconsistent with good sense.the foolhardy sailor ventured into the storm in 1575 |