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
- 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
- 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
- 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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