| Main Entry: | brassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, loud to the senses |
Synonyms: |
arrant, barefaced, blaring, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, overbold, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, unabashed, unblushing |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent |
| Main Entry: | aggressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assertive |
Synonyms: |
assertory, bold, brassy, cheeky*, cocky*, come on, domineering, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, flip*, forceful, fresh*, get up and go, go after, hard sell, imperious, masterful, militant, nervy, pushing, pushy, sassy, shooting from the hip, smart alecky, smart*, strenuous, tough, vigorous, zealous |
Antonyms: |
complaisant, laid-back |
| Main Entry: | audacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reckless, daring |
Synonyms: |
adventurous, aweless, bold, brassy, brave, cheeky*, courageous, daredevil, dauntless, enterprising, fearless, foolhardy, gutty, intrepid, nervy, rash, resolute, risky, smart ass, unafraid, uncurbed, undaunted, ungoverned, valiant, venturesome |
Antonyms: |
cautious, gentle, humble, meek, mild, modest, reserved, timid, yielding |
| Main Entry: | audacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, presumptuous |
Synonyms: |
assuming, bantam, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky*, defiant, disrespectful, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, rude, saucy, shameless |
Antonyms: |
humble, modest, reserved, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | barefaced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameless; open |
Synonyms: |
apparent, arrant, audacious, blatant, blunt, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, candid, clear, flagrant, frank, glaring, immodest, impudent, insolent, manifest, naked, obvious, palpable, temerarious, transparent, unabashed, unconcealed |
Antonyms: |
careful, quiet, shamed |
| Main Entry: | blatant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obvious; brazen |
Synonyms: |
arrant, bald, barefaced, brassy, clear, conspicuous, crying, flagrant, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, glitzy, impudent, loud, meretricious, naked, obtrusive, ostentatious, outright, overbold, overt, plain, prominent, pronounced, protrusive, screaming, shameless, sheer, showy, snazzy, unabashed, unblushing, unmitigated |
| Notes: | flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible, while blatant is obvious, contrived, and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant |
Antonyms: |
inconspicuous, quiet, subtle, unpronounced |
| Main Entry: | bold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brazen, insolent |
Synonyms: |
assuming, audacious, barefaced, brash, brassy, cheeky, coming on strong, confident, forward, fresh, gritty, gutsy, immodest, impudent, insolent, nervy, pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy, saucy, shameless, smart, smart-alecky, spunky |
Antonyms: |
meek, quiet, reticent, retiring, shy, timid, timorous |
| Main Entry: | brazen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brash, unashamed |
Synonyms: |
audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, contumelious, defiant, flashy, flip, forward, gritty, gutsy, hotshot, immodest, impertinent, impudent, indecent, insolent, loud, meretricious, nervy, overbold, pert, saucy, shameless, smart-alecky, smart-ass, spunky, tawdry, unabashed, unblushing |
Antonyms: |
humble, meek, shamed, shamefaced, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | daring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adventurous |
Synonyms: |
adventuresome, audacious, bold, brassy, brave, cheeky, cocky, courageous, crusty, fearless, fire eating, foolhardy, forward, game, go for broke, gritty, gutsy, gutty, hot shot, impudent, impulsive, intrepid, nervy, obtrusive, out on a limb, plucky, rash, reckless, salty, smart, smart-alecky, spunky*, temerarious, valiant, venturesome |
Antonyms: |
afraid, bashful, chicken, cowardly, fearful, meek, shy, timid, unadventurous, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | fearless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave, unafraid |
Synonyms: |
assured, aweless, bodacious, bold, brassy, cheeky, chesty, cocky, confident, cool hand, courageous, crack*, daring, dashing, dauntless, doughty, flip*, fresh*, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, heroic, icy*, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, nervy, plucky, salty, sanguine, sassy*, smart, spunky, sure, temerarious, unabashed, undaunted, unflinching, valiant, valorous, wise |
Antonyms: |
afraid, apprehensive, fearful, timid |