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Daring

🔄 Synonyms of "Daring"

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audaciousShowing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
originalnoun(not comparable) Newly created.
venturousAdventurous; venturesome; willing to undertake activities involving risk.
avant-gardenounAny group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.
adventurous(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
venturesomeBold; willing to take risks; adventurous.
boldnessnounThe state of being bold; courage.
adventuresomeProne to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
hardihoodnounUnyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calamity; intrepidness.
dareverb(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).

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timiditynounThe state of being timid; shyness.
timorousnessnounThe property of being timorous.

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adventuresomeProne to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
venturesomeBold; willing to take risks; adventurous.
audaciousShowing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
adventurous(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
venturousAdventurous; venturesome; willing to undertake activities involving risk.
hardihoodnounUnyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calamity; intrepidness.
boldnessnounThe state of being bold; courage.
originalnoun(not comparable) Newly created.
avant-gardenounAny group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.
enterprisingnounVery able and ingenious in business dealings or social advancement.
riskyDangerous, involving risks.
venturingnounThe act of one who ventures.
foolhardynounMarked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
couragenounThe ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
courageousOf a person, displaying or possessing courage.
braverynoun(usually uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.
braveverbStrong in the face of fear; courageous.
ballsynoun(vulgar, colloquial) Tough and courageous; having balls.
valiantnounPossessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
perilousDangerous, full of peril.

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