daring

Plural: darings

Noun

• Venturesome boldness; courage.
• a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
• the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
• Boldness.

Verb

• take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
• to be courageous enough to try or do something; ,
• challenge
• present participle and gerund of dare

Adjective Satellite

• disposed to venture or take risks
  • "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"
• radically new or original

Adj

• Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.
• Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.
• Racy; sexually provocative.

Examples

• It took immense DARING to play "QUIXOTRY" across two double word scores.

Synonyms

audacious, avant-garde, boldness, dare, defy, hardihood, hardiness, make bold, presume, venturesome, venturous, adventuresome, adventurous, audacity, aweless, bad, balls, bield, bold, boldhead, brass-balled, bravehood, braveness, bravery, chivalrous, courage, courageous, courageousness, daredevil, dareful, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fearlessness, fortitudinous, gallant, grit, guts, gutsy, heart, heroic, intrepid, intrepidity, intrepidness, lionhearted, mood, nerve, orped, ovaries, pecker, pluck, plucky, spunk, stalwart, stalworth, steel, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, undauntedness, valiant, valorous, valour

Antonyms

timidity

Related Words

daredevil, dareful, darer, daresay

Anagrams of daring