bold

Meaning

Adj

1. Courageous, daring.
2. Visually striking; conspicuous.
3. Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
4. Presumptuous, forward or impudent.
5. (Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.
6. Full-bodied.
7. (Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.
8. Steep or abrupt.

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To make bold or daring.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To become bold or brave.

Noun

A dwelling; habitation; building.

Opposite of

risk-averse, ;, conservative, reluctant

Synonyms

brave

daring

courageous

fearless

audacious

valiant

impudent

intrepid

cheeky

dare

shameless

confident

thick

corpulent

fat

brazen

dauntless

insolent

stout

resolute

presumptuous

forward

heroic

sharp

vigorous

venture

valorous

venturesome

stouthearted

plucky

bold face

impertinent

unflinching

determined

adventurous

strong

bluff

sheer

self-assured

reckless

rash

pert

aggressive

unabashed

unafraid

gallant

hardy

energetic

sporting

rude

Translations

audacieux

kühn

audace

hardi

audaz

courageux

coraggioso

fett

grassetto

dreist

τολμηρός

dapper

mutig

tapfer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbəʊld/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bold

Inherited from Old English: bald

Cognate with Dutch: boud

Cognate with Middle High German: balt

Cognate with German: bald

Cognate with Swedish: båld

Inherited from Middle English: bolden

Inherited from Old English: baldian

Cognate with Old High German: irbaldōn

In summary

From Middle English bold, bolde, bald, beald, from Old English bald, beald (“bold, brave, confident, strong, of good courage, presumptuous, impudent”), from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, *bʰlē- (“to bloat, swell, bubble”).
Cognate with Dutch boud (“bold, courageous, fearless”), Middle High German balt (“bold”) (whence German bald (“soon”)), Swedish båld (“bold, dauntless”). Perhaps related to Albanian ballë (“forehead”) and Old Prussian balo (“forehead”). Compare typologically Italian affrontare (“to face, to deal with”), sfrontato (“bold, daring, insolent”), both from Latin frons (“forehead”).