Synonyms for daring
- adjective
- noun
Most common
adventurous bold courageous fearless audacious adventuresome
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Adventurous — courageous or showing bravery; doughty
adventurous, bold, courageous, fearless, dauntless, intrepid, heroic, gallant, gutsy, valorous, unafraid, reckless, daredevil, hardy, dashing, undaunted, valiant, stalwart, enterprising, plucky informal, chivalrous, manly
2. Audacious — adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold
Other
fool-hardy, defiant, risqué, risque US, avant-garde
Noun
1. Boldness
boldness, courage, audacity, bravery, fearlessness, intrepidity, valor US, valour UK, gallantry, guts, pluck informal, prowess, spunk, nerve, grit, hardiness, hardihood, gutsiness, heroism, balls vulgar
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.
- adj. 2
Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.
- n. 1
Boldness.
Forms
- Plural
- darings → boldnesses, courages, audacities, braveries…
Choose the right word
The daring step out to defy danger; the dauntless will not flinch before anything that may come to them; the doughty will give and take limitless hard knocks.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- bold He gets a little bold after he's had a few drinks.
- courageous Tom told Mary that he thought John was courageous.
- fearless I want to find my energetic, fearless brother.
- adventurous Ziri was as daringly adventurous as the rest of us.
- defiant The defiant manner is characteristic of teenagers.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| daring | rising | |
| bold | rising | |
| courageous | steady | |
| fearless | rising | |
| adventurous | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- bold1, guts1, grit1
- 5 letters
- balls1, nerve1, hardy2, manly2, valor2, pluck1, gutsy2, spunk1
- 6 letters
- heroic3, valour, plucky2, risque2
- 7 letters
- courage2, bravery3, prowess2, dashing2, valiant2, heroism4, gallant2, defiant3, dareful
- 8 letters
- reckless2, fearless2, defiance3, audacity4, intrepid3, stalwart2, boldness2, unafraid3, valorous
- 9 letters
- daredevil3, audacious3, gallantry3, dauntless, undaunted3, hardiness, venturous, hardihood, gutsiness
- 10 letters
- courageous3, chivalrous
- 11 letters
- adventurous4, intrepidity5
- 12 letters
- enterprising4, fearlessness
- 13 letters
- adventuresome4, venturousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hardy2 = 2 syllables).