bold
a typeface with thick heavy lines
• Syn:
boldface, bold face
• Derivationally related forms:
boldface (for: boldface)
• Hypernyms:
font, fount, typeface, face, case
1. fearless and daring (Freq. 9)
- bold settlers on some foreign shore
- a bold speech
- a bold adventure
• Ant:
timid
• Similar to:
audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy,
intrepid, unfearing, daredevil, temerarious, emboldened, foolhardy,
heady, rash, reckless, heroic, heroical, nervy,
overreaching, vaulting, overvaliant
• See Also:
adventurous, adventuresome, brave, courageous, forward,
unafraid, fearless
• Derivationally related forms:
boldness
• Attrubites:
boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihood
2. clear and distinct (Freq. 3)
- bold handwriting
- a figure carved in bold relief
- a bold design
• Similar to:
conspicuous
• Derivationally related forms:
boldness
3. very steep;
having a prominent and almost vertical front
- a bluff headland
- where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
- a sheer descent of rock
• Syn:
bluff, sheer
• Similar to:
steep
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