audacious meaning

UK US /ɑˈdeɪʃəs/ 3 syllables

audacious (adjective): invulnerable to fear or intimidation.

audacious has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

audacious as an adjective

  1. invulnerable to fear or intimidation
    • audacious explorers
    • fearless reporters and photographers
    • intrepid pioneers

    Synonyms: brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing

    Similar: bold

    Related forms: audacity, audaciousness

  2. unrestrained by convention or propriety
    • an audacious trick to pull
    • a barefaced hypocrite
    • the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim
    • bald-faced lies
    • brazen arrogance
    • the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress

    Synonyms: barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent

    Similar: unashamed

    Related forms: audacity, audaciousness

  3. disposed to venture or take risks
    • audacious visions of the total conquest of space
    • an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas
    • the most daring of contemporary fiction writers
    • a venturesome investor
    • a venturous spirit

    Synonyms: daring, venturesome, venturous

    Similar: adventurous

    Related forms: audacity, audaciousness

How to pronounce audacious

audacious is pronounced /ɑˈdeɪʃəs/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with audacious

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