audacious

Meaning

1. Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
2. Impudent, insolent.

Opposite of

shy, cautious, prudent

Synonyms

bold

daring

brave

impudent

fearless

courageous

brazen

intrepid

dauntless

insolent

arrogant

shameless

presumptuous

impertinent

cheeky

forward

saucy

hardy

barefaced

unfearing

unashamed

brassy

rude

contemptuous

reckless

venturesome

venturous

pert

bald-faced

brazen-faced

bodacious

nervy

unflinching

rash

haughty

racy

confident

plucky

unabashed

unafraid

unblinking

undaunted

unfriendly

unscrupulous

unshrinking

vain

valiant

vulgar

bare-faced

off-color

Translations

audacieux

audace

audaz

kühn

audaz

dreist

stout

hardi

stoutmoedig

audaç

unverfroren

intrépide

vermetel

gedurfd

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɔːˈdeɪʃəs/

Etymology

From Latin audacia (“boldness”), from audax (“bold”), from audeō (“I am bold, I dare”).