| bold | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. bold, bold face, boldface | a typeface with thick heavy lines. |
| ~ font, fount, typeface, face, case | a specific size and style of type within a type family. |
| adj. | 2. bold | fearless and daring.; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure" |
| ~ adventuresome, adventurous | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises.; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy" |
| ~ fearless, unafraid | oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them. |
| ~ forward | used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty.; "a forward child badly in need of discipline" |
| ~ audacious, dauntless, intrepid, unfearing, brave, fearless, hardy | invulnerable to fear or intimidation.; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" |
| ~ daredevil, temerarious | presumptuously daring.; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff" |
| ~ emboldened | made bold or courageous. |
| ~ foolhardy, reckless, rash, heady | marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences.; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest" |
| ~ heroical, heroic | having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes.; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers" |
| ~ nervy | showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger.; "the nervy feats of mountaineers" |
| ~ overreaching, vaulting | revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights.; "vaulting ambition" |
| ~ overvaliant | having or showing undue valor or boldness.; "a foolish overvaliant act" |
| ~ brave, courageous | possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching.; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory" |
| adj. | 3. bold | clear and distinct.; "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in bold relief"; "a bold design" |
| ~ conspicuous | obvious to the eye or mind.; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" |
| adj. | 4. bluff, bold, sheer | very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front.; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock" |
| ~ steep | having a sharp inclination.; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs" |
| daring | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. dare, daring | a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.; "he could never refuse a dare" |
| ~ challenge | a call to engage in a contest or fight. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. boldness, daring, hardihood, hardiness | the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger.; "the proposal required great boldness"; "the plan required great hardiness of heart" |
| ~ fearlessness | the trait of feeling no fear. |
| ~ adventurousness, venturesomeness | the trait of being adventurous. |
| ~ daredevilry, daredeviltry | boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior. |
| ~ audaciousness, audacity, temerity | fearless daring. |
| ~ brazenness, shamelessness | behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame. |
| adj. | 3. audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous | disposed to venture or take risks.; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit" |
| ~ adventuresome, adventurous | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises.; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy" |
| adj. | 4. avant-garde, daring | radically new or original.; "an avant-garde theater piece" |
| ~ original | being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of.; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind" |
| embezzle | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" |
| ~ fiddle | commit fraud and steal from one's employer.; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years" |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
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