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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
au·da·cious    Audio Help   [aw-dey-shuhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.
2.extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future.
3.recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen.
4.lively; unrestrained; uninhibited: an audacious interpretation of her role.
[Origin: 1540–50; audaci(ty) + -ous]

—Related forms
au·da·cious·ly, adverb
au·da·cious·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. courageous, intrepid, dauntless, venturesome. 3. unabashed, shameless; impertinent, forward.
—Antonyms 1. cowardly.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  adventurous
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Taking or willing to take risks.
Synonyms:  adventuresome, bold, daredevil, daring, enterprising, venturesome, venturous
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  brave
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Having or showing courage.
Synonyms:  bold, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fortitudinous, gallant, game, hardy, heroic, intrepid, mettlesome, plucky, stout, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  impudent
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Rude and disrespectful.
Synonyms:  assuming, assumptive, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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