| Main Entry: | temerarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reckless |
Synonyms: |
adventurous, bold, brash, daring, foolhardy, heedless, rash, venturesome |
Antonyms: |
bashful, shy |
| Main Entry: | adventurous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | daring, risk-taking |
Synonyms: |
adventuresome, audacious, bold, brave, courageous, dangerous, daredevil, enterprising, foolhardy, hazardous, headstrong, intrepid, rash, reckless, risky, temerarious, venturesome, venturous |
| Notes: | adventurous may be predicated of both a person and an undertaking and implies a willingness to accept risks but not necessarily imprudence; adventuresome is predicated only of a person |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, prudent, unadventurous |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | foolhardy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impetuous, rash |
Synonyms: |
adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, breakneck, daredevil, daring, devil-may-care, harebrained, headstrong, imprudent, incautious, irresponsible, madcap, off deep end, out on limb, precipitate, reckless, temerarious, venturesome, venturous, wide open |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, discreet, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | imprudent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without much thought |
Synonyms: |
brash, careless, foolhardy, foolish, heedless, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, impolitic, improvident, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, irresponsible, leaving self wide open, off the deep end, overhasty, playing with fire, rash, reckless, temerarious, thoughtless, unadvisable, unthinking, unwise |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, discreet, prudent, wise |
| Main Entry: | reckless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irresponsible in thought, deed |
Synonyms: |
adventuresome, adventurous, any which way, audacious, brash, breakneck, carefree, careless, daredevil, daring, desperate, devil-may-care, fast and loose, feckless, foolhardy, harebrained, hasty, headlong, heedless, helter-skelter, hopeless, hotheaded, ill-advised, imprudent, inattentive, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, kooky, madcap, mindless, negligent, overventuresome, playing with fire, precipitate, rash, regardless, temerarious, thoughtless, uncareful, venturesome, venturous, wild |
Antonyms: |
careful, cautious, responsible, wary |
| Main Entry: | venturesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | courageous |
Synonyms: |
adventurous, aggressive, audacious, bold, brave, daredevil, daring, enterprising, fearless, foolhardy, gutsy, intrepid, overbold, plucky, pushy, rash, reckless, resourceful, risky, spirited, spunky, stalwart, stout, sturdy, temerarious, venturous |
Antonyms: |
afraid, cowardly |
| Main Entry: | ill-considered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rash |
Synonyms: |
adventurous, audacious, bold, brash, daring, determined, devil-may-care, fiery, foolhardy, frenzied, furious, harebrained, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, immature, impetuous, improvident, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insuppressible, irrational, jumping to conclusions, madcap, overhasty, passionate, precipitant, precipitate, premature, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, thoughtless, unconsidered, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, venturesome, venturous, wild |