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audacity - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: audacity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: recklessness, daring
Synonyms: boldness, bravery, courage, enterprise, guts, nerve, rashness, valor, adventurousness, audaciousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, intrepidity, venturesomeness
Antonyms: care, caution, reserve, timidity, carefulness
Main Entry: audacity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: arrogance, presumptuousness
Synonyms: assurance, brass, cheek*, chutzpah*, crust, defiance, effrontery, forwardness, gall, guts*, impertinence, impudence, insolence, moxie, nerve, rudeness, spunk, stuff*, temerity, audaciousness, cockiness, disrespectfulness, gutsiness, hardiness, shamelessness
Antonyms: gentility, humility, meekness, modesty, timidity, yielding
Main Entry: arrogance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: exaggerated self-opinion
Synonyms: airs, audacity, bluster, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, conceit, crust*, disdain, ego, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, insolence, nerve, ostentation, pomposity, presumption, pretension, pride, priggishness, self-importance, self-love, swagger, vanity, aloofness, braggadocio, conceitedness, contemptuousness, disdainfulness, egotism, high-handedness, imperiousness, loftiness, overbearance, pompousness, pretentiousness, scornfulness, smugness, superciliousness
Antonyms: humility, meekness, servility
Main Entry: brass
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: impulsiveness; nerve
Synonyms: assumption, audacity, cheek*, chutzpah*, confidence, effrontery, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, presumption, rudeness, brashness
Antonyms: caution, prudence, carefulness, circumspection
Main Entry: chutzpah
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fearlessness
Synonyms: arrogance, audacity, backbone*, boldness, brass, gall, nerve, spine*, balls
Main Entry: defiance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disobedience, disregard
Synonyms: affront, audacity, back talk*, big talk*, boldness, bravado, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, dare, defy, effrontery, gas*, guts*, hot air*, impudence, insolence, insubordination, lip*, muster*, opposition, order, provocation, rebellion, revolt, sass*, spite, stump, summons, temerity, brazenness, contrariness, contumacy, enjoinder, factiousness, impugnment, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, perversity, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, throwing of the gauntlet, unruliness
Antonyms: acquiescence, obedience, regard, respect, submission, subordination
Main Entry: effrontery
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nerve, boldness
Synonyms: arrogance, assurance, audacity, backtalk, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, crust*, disrespect, face, gall, guff, hardihood, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insolence, lip*, presumption, rudeness, sass, sauce*, self-assurance, self-confidence, temerity, brashness, brazenness, cheekiness, shamelessness, smart talk
Notes: effrontery means shameless boldness or insulting presumptuousness while an affront is a deliberately offensive act or open insult
Antonyms: manners, modesty, shame, shyness
Main Entry: gallantry
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bravery, civility
Synonyms: address, audacity, boldness, courage, courtesy, daring, deference, derring-do*, duty, elegance, honor, mettle, nerve, nobility, pluck*, poise, politeness, prowess, resolution, reverence, savoir-faire, spirit, tact, valor, attentiveness, courageousness, courteousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, graciousness, intrepidity, urbanity, valiance
Antonyms: fear, cowardliness
Main Entry: guts
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nerve, boldness
Synonyms: audacity, backbone*, courage, daring, effrontery, fortitude, grit*, hardihood, heart*, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moxie*, pluck, resolution, spine*, spirit, spunk*, willpower, dauntlessness, forcefulness, sand*
Antonyms: cowardice, fear, timidity
Main Entry: hauteur
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: arrogance
Synonyms: airs, audacity, conceit, condescension, contempt, disdain, gall, haughtiness, nerve, pomposity, presumption, pride, self-importance, vanity, conceitedness, disdainfulness, egotism, high-handedness, pompousness, snobbishness
Main Entry: hubris
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: arrogance
Synonyms: airs, audacity, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, disdain, insolence, nerve, ostentation, pomposity, presumption, pretension, self-importance, vanity, cockiness, conceitedness, contemptuousness, loftiness, overbearance, pompousness, pretentiousness
Main Entry: impertinence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boldness
Synonyms: assurance, audacity, back talk*, cheek*, chutzpah*, crust*, disrespect, effrontery, forwardness, freshness, gall, guff, hardihood, impropriety, impudence, incivility, insolence, lip*, nerve, presumption, rudeness, sass*, wise guy*, wisecrack*, backchat, brazenness, come-back, disrespectfulness, insolency, pertness, smart mouth
Antonyms: humility, manners, politeness
Main Entry: insolence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boldness, disrespect
Synonyms: abuse, arrogance, audacity, back talk, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, contempt, contumely, effrontery, gall, guff*, hardihood, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insubordination, lip*, presumption, rudeness, sass*, sauce*, brazenness, contemptuousness, offensiveness, pertness, uncivility
Antonyms: humility, modesty, politeness, respect
Main Entry: vitality
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: energy, spirit
Synonyms: animation, ardor, audacity, bang, being, bloom, bounce, clout, continuity, drive, endurance, existence, exuberance, fervor, force, go, guts*, intensity, life, liveliness, pep, pizzazz*, power, pulse, punch, snap, sparkle, spunk*, stamina, starch*, steam, strength, stuff*, verve, vigor, vim, vivacity, zest, zing*, zip*, get-up-and-go, lustiness, robustness, venturesomeness, vivaciousness
Antonyms: apathy, lethargy
Main Entry: derring-do
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: daring deed
Synonyms: audacity, bravado, courage, valor, adventurousness, brave deed, daring action, great courage, heroic deed, overboldness, risk-taking, venturousness
Main Entry: rudeness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: impoliteness
Synonyms: acrimony, asperity, audacity, bad manners, barbarity, boldness, brass*, cheek*, coarseness, discourtesy, disdain, disrespect, effrontery, harshness, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insolence, irritability, misbehavior, nerve*, vulgarity, bluntness, boorishness, crudeness, crudity, grossness, intrusiveness, officiousness, shamelessness, sharpness, tactlessness, ungraciousness, unkindness, unmannerliness
Main Entry: contempt
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disdain, disrespect
Synonyms: antipathy, audacity, aversion, condescension, contumely, defiance, derision, despite, disregard, distaste, hatred, indignity, malice, mockery, neglect, repugnance, ridicule, scorn, slight, snobbery, stubbornness, despisal, despisement, disesteem, recalcitrance
Antonyms: admiration, affection, approbation, approval, endorsement, love, regard, respect, sanction
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