Synonyms for daredevil
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Daring
daring, brave, dauntless, risky, bold, temerarious, adventurous, reckless, audacious, rash, venturesome formal dated
Other
Noun
1. Swashbuckler
Other
adventurer, adrenaline junkie informal, thrill seeker
Definitions
- adj. 1
Recklessly bold; adventurous.
The climactic scene of “Rebel without a Cause” is the group of very daredevil teens playing chicken.
- n. 1
A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention.
Even as a youngster, Steven was a bit of a daredevil riding up homemade wooden ramps on his BMX.
Forms
- Plural
- daredevils → swashbucklers, lunatics, hot-heads, harum-scarums…
Example sentences
- brave When it comes to war, they are as brave as anyone.
- risky It would probably be risky to do that by yourself.
- daring What's the most daring thing you've ever done?
- dauntless Mary was dauntless in the face of Tom's abuse.
By length
- 4 letters
- bold1, rash1
- 5 letters
- brave1, risky2
- 6 letters
- daring2
- 7 letters
- lunatic3
- 8 letters
- reckless2
- 9 letters
- audacious3, dauntless
- 10 letters
- adventurer4
- 11 letters
- adventurous4, venturesome3, temerarious
- 12 letters
- swashbuckler, daredevilish
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (risky2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- casse-cou
- Italiano
- spericolato