- 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"
Antonym: unadventurous (indirect, via adventurous)
- avant-garde, daring - radically new or original; "an avant-garde theater piece"
Antonym: unoriginal (indirect, via original)
- dare, daring - a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he could never refuse a dare"
--1 is a kind of challenge
Derived form: verb dare3 - boldness, daring, hardihood - the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness"
--2 is a kind of fearlessness
--2 has particulars:adventurousness, venturesomeness; daredevilry, daredeviltry; audacity, audaciousness, temerity; shamelessness, brazenness Derived form: verb dare2
- make bold, dare, presume - take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission; "How dare you call my lawyer?"
--1 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s INFINITIVE
- dare - to be courageous enough to try or do something; "I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others"
--2 is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun dare1, noun daring2
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s INFINITIVE
- defy, dare - challenge; "I dare you!"
--3 is one way to challenge
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun dare1, noun daring1
They dare him to write the letter