bold
not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
necessitating courage and daring; challenging: a bold adventure.
beyond the usual limits of conventional thought or action; imaginative: Einstein was a bold mathematician.a difficult problem needing a bold answer.
Nautical. deep enough to be navigable close to the shore: bold waters.
Printing. typeset in boldface.
Obsolete. trusting; assured.
Idioms about bold
be / make (so) bold, to presume or venture; dare: I made bold to offer my suggestion.
Origin of bold
1synonym study For bold
Other words for bold
Opposites for bold
Other words from bold
- bold·ly, adverb
- bold·ness, noun
- o·ver·bold, adjective
- su·per·bold, adjective
- un·bold, adjective
Words that may be confused with bold
- bolder , boulder
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How to use bold in a sentence
But an over-bold remark in the last line of that song was struck out in 1606; and the new eclogue has no political reference.
Minor Poems of Michael Drayton | Michael DraytonThere was a look of the African in Rideau's over-bold eyes, and the girl regarded him frigidly.
The League of the Leopard | Harold BindlossBut thou wert over-bold to deny the access of my Doctor Masters.
Kenilworth | Sir Walter ScottAnd after he had struck her with his spear, he would look over his shoulder like one who had done an over-bold deed.
Tales of Space and Time | Herbert George WellsPerhaps my saying over bold appears, Accounting less the pleasure of those eyes, Whereon to look fulfilleth all desire.
The Vision of Paradise, Complete | Dante Alighieri
British Dictionary definitions for bold
/ (bəʊld) /
courageous, confident, and fearless; ready to take risks
showing or requiring courage: a bold plan
immodest or impudent: she gave him a bold look
standing out distinctly; conspicuous: a figure carved in bold relief
very steep: the bold face of the cliff
imaginative in thought or expression: the novel's bold plot
printing set in bold face
printing short for bold face
Origin of bold
1Derived forms of bold
- boldly, adverb
- boldness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with bold
In addition to the idiom beginning with bold
- bold as brass
also see:
- big and bold
- make bold
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