daring

Meanings

Plural: darings

Noun

• a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
• the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
• Boldness.

Verb

• take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
• to be courageous enough to try or do something; ,
• challenge
• present participle and gerund of dare

Adjective Satellite

• disposed to venture or take risks
  • "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"
• radically new or original

Adj

• Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.
• Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.
• Racy; sexually provocative.

Synonyms

adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, audacity, avant-garde, aweless, bad, balls, bield, bold, boldhead, boldness, brass-balled, bravehood, braveness, bravery, chivalrous, courage, courageous, courageousness, dare, daredevil, dareful, daring, dauntless, defy, doughty, fearless, fearlessness, fortitudinous, gallant, grit, guts, gutsy, hardihood, hardiness, heart, heroic, intrepid, intrepidity, intrepidness, lionhearted, make bold, mood, nerve, orped, ovaries, pecker, pluck, plucky, presume, spunk, stalwart, stalworth, steel, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, undauntedness, valiant, valorous, valour, venturesome, venturous

Antonyms

timidity

Related Words

daredevil, dareful, darer, daresay

Anagrams of daring