audacious
[ aw-dey-shuhs ]
/ ɔˈdeɪ ʃəs /
adjective
extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.
extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future.
recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen.
lively; unrestrained; uninhibited: an audacious interpretation of her role.
Origin of audacious
First recorded in 1540–50;
audaci(ty) +
-ous
SYNONYMS FOR audacious
OTHER WORDS FROM audacious
Words nearby audacious
auction pitch,
auctioneer,
auctorial,
aucuba,
aud.,
audacious,
audacity,
aude,
auden,
auden, w. h.,
audhumla
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British Dictionary definitions for audacious
audacious
/ (ɔːˈdeɪʃəs) /
adjective
recklessly bold or daring; fearless
impudent or presumptuous
Derived forms of audacious
audaciously, adverb audaciousness or audacity (ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ), nounWord Origin for audacious
C16: from Latin
audāx bold, from
audēre to dare