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audacious
What does audacious mean?
audacious (adjective): showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use audacious in a sentence?
- Audacious visions of the total conquest of space. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce audacious?
/ɑˈdeɪʃəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does audacious come from?
From Latin audacia (“boldness”) + -ious, from audax (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of audacious?
Words related to audacious
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “audacious” mean?
inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
Not quite: that's what uncompromising means.
full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry
Not quite: that's what jolly means.
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
Not quite: that's what intimate means.
showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring
Right! That's what “audacious” means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “audacious”?
serial
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strict
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daring
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casual
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