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bold

/boʊld/noun, adjective1 syllable

Bold means: fearless and daring.

Synonyms for bold33

noun, as in a typeface with thick heavy lines

boldface, bold face

adjective, as in fearless and daring

audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing, daredevil, temerarious, emboldened, foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless
and 10 more, heroic, heroical, nervy, overreaching, vaulting, overvaliant, adventurous, adventuresome, courageous, forward

adjective, as in very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

bluff, sheer, steep

adjective, as in clear and distinct

conspicuous

also used for bold

daring, doughty, embolden

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of bold

timid

What does bold mean?4

adjective

1

fearless and daring“bold settlers on some foreign shore”

2

very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front“a bluff headland”

3

clear and distinct“bold handwriting”

noun

1

a typeface with thick heavy lines

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bold?20

three syllables

uncontrolled
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Bold in a sentence

  • I may have been brave, but he was bold.GemMonkey
  • I may be brave, but he is bold.GemMonkey
  • Later that morning, at the station, a sign in bold letters caught his eye.unknown
  • We rise like the sun, bright and bold.Igider
  • The claim is bold, but it is interesting to check against the available evidence.rul
  • That's a bold question, but it's one you should ask.CM
  • Though timid in some respects, he was very bold in others.CM
  • Thanks to his bold decision, he was able to ride out the crisis.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of bold

as a noun

plural
bolds

as a adjective

comparative
bolder
superlative
boldest