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boldness - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | boldness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | audacity |
| Synonyms: | bravery, chutzpah, courage, daring, determination, nerve, recklessness, adventurousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear |
| Main Entry: | chutzpah |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fearlessness |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, audacity, backbone*, boldness, brass, gall, nerve, spine*, balls |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disrespect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disregard, rudeness toward someone |
| Synonyms: | boldness, coarseness, contempt, discourtesy, dishonor, flippancy, hardihood, impertinence, impiety, impudence, incivility, insolence, irreverence, sacrilege, impoliteness, insolency, insolentness, lack of respect, unmannerliness |
| Antonyms: | civility, esteem, honor, regard, respect, reverence |
| Main Entry: | fortitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength of mind; guts |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, bravery, constancy, courage, determination, endurance, firmness, grit*, hardihood, heart, mettle, moxie, nerve, patience, perseverance, pith, pluck, resolution, spine*, spirit, spunk, stamina, starch, staying power, stomach, tenacity, valor, braveness, courageousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gutsiness, intrepidity, resoluteness, stick-to-itiveness, stoutheartedness, true grit, valiancy, valorousness, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, helplessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heroism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery |
| Synonyms: | boldness, courage, daring, fortitude, gallantry, nobility, prowess, spirit, strength, valor, courageousness, doughtiness, fearlessness, intrepidity, valiance, valiancy, valorousness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear, meekness, timidity |
| Main Entry: | moxie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courage |
| Synonyms: | audacity, backbone, boldness, bravery, daring, dash, determination, fortitude, grit, guts, hardihood, mettle, nerve, pluck, prowess, spirit, spunk, stamina, tenacity, valor, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, braveness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gameness, toughness |
| Main Entry: | originality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creativeness |
| Synonyms: | boldness, cleverness, creativity, daring, freshness, imagination, individuality, ingenuity, innovation, invention, newness, nonconformity, novelty, spirit, brilliance, creative spirit, imaginativeness, ingeniousness, innovativeness, inventiveness, modernity, new idea, resourcefulness, unconventionality, unorthodoxy |
| Antonyms: | orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | pluck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's resolution, courage |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, bravery, determination, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moxie*, nerve, resolution, spirit, spunk, dauntlessness, intrepidity |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, dispiritedness, irresolution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resolve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision, determination |
| Synonyms: | boldness, conclusion, courage, design, earnestness, firmness, intention, objective, project, purpose, resolution, undertaking, will, willpower, decidedness, fixed purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, resoluteness, steadfastness |
| Antonyms: | indecision, question, wavering |
| Main Entry: | temerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nerve, audacity |
| Synonyms: | assurance, boldness, brass*, carelessness, daring, effrontery, forwardness, gall, hardihood, impertinence, imprudence, impudence, indiscretion, pluck, precipitation, presumption, rashness, recklessness, rudeness, thoughtlessness, foolhardiness, hastiness, heedlessness, impetuosity, impulsiveness, intrepidity, intrusiveness, overconfidence, precipitancy, precipitateness, venturesomeness |
| Notes: | temerity is daring or recklessness; timidity is fearfulness or hesitancy |
| Antonyms: | care, caution, cowardice, forethought, hesitation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | valor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, courage, dash*, defiance, derring-do*, determination, fight, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, grit*, guts*, hardihood, heart, heroism, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moxie*, nerve, pluck, prowess, resolution, spirit, spunk, starch*, stomach*, tenacity, fearlessness, indomitableness, intrepidity, invincibility, sand*, valiance, valiancy |
| Antonyms: | cowardice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maturity |
| Synonyms: | boldness, bravery, chivalry, courage, daring, determination, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, hardihood, honor, machismo, manliness, masculinity, mettle, nobility, potency, resolution, spirit, tenacity, valor, virility, adulthood, forcefulness, manfulness, resoluteness, self-reliance, sturdiness |
| Main Entry: | manliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | masculinity |
| Synonyms: | boldness, courage, manhood, strength, virility, manfulness, manlikeness |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | starch |
| Part of Speech: | noun4 |
| Definition: | vigor |
| Synonyms: | boldness, energy, pluck, stamina, vigor, vitality |
| 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: | confidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in oneself |
| Synonyms: | aplomb, assurance, backbone, boldness, certainty, cool, courage, daring, dash, determination, firmness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, heart, impudence, mettle, morale, nerve, pluck, poise, presumption, reliance, resolution, self-possession, spirit, spunk, tenacity, brashness, elan, faith in oneself, fearlessness, intrepidity, resoluteness, self-reliance, sureness |
| Antonyms: | uncertainty, unconfidence |
| Main Entry: | determination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perseverance |
| Synonyms: | assurance, backbone*, boldness, bravery, certainty, constancy, conviction, courage, decision, dedication, doggedness, drive, energy, fortitude, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, independence, nerve*, obstinacy, persistence, pluck*, purpose, resolution, resolve, self-confidence, spine*, spunk*, stubbornness, tenacity, valor, willpower, certitude, dauntlessness, dogmatism, fearlessness, firm-ness, indomitability, intrepidity, purposefulness, resoluteness, single-mindedness, steadfastness, stiff upper lip |
| Antonyms: | doubt, hesitation, vacillation, disinterest, irresolution, spinelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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