Synonyms for hardihood
All synonyms
Noun
1. Boldness
boldness, hardiness, resolution, nerve, brass, assurance, audacity, fortitude, pluck, daring, temerity, impudence, intrepidity, effrontery, bravery, grit, presumption, insolence, impertinence, brashness
Definitions
- n. 1
Unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calamity; intrepidness.
Forms
- Plural
- hardihoods → boldnesses, hardinesses, resolutions, nerves…
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Hardihood defies and disregards the rational judgment of men. effrons, barefaced, shameless) adds to audacity and hardihood the special element of defiance of considerations of propriety, duty, and respect for others, yet not to the extent implied in impudence or shamelessness.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- resolution The resolution that a new road be built was passed.
- nerve Sami had the nerve to look at me like I was crazy.
- boldness He had the boldness to ignore the teacher's advice.
- vigor The city came back to life with more vigor.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hardihood | steady | |
| resolution | falling | |
| nerve | steady | |
| boldness | rising | |
| hardiness | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- grit1
- 5 letters
- nerve1, brass1, pluck1, vigor2
- 6 letters
- daring2, vigour
- 7 letters
- bravery3
- 8 letters
- audacity4, boldness2, temerity4
- 9 letters
- assurance3, fortitude3, insolence3, hardiness, impudence, brashness2
- 10 letters
- resolution4, effrontery4
- 11 letters
- presumption3, intrepidity5
- 12 letters
- impertinence
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vigor2 = 2 syllables).