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BOLD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A typeface with thick heavy lines
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bold" is a kind of...):
case; face; font; fount; typeface (a specific size and style of type within a type family)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fearless and daring
Example:
a bold adventure
Classified under:
Similar:
audacious; brave; dauntless; fearless; hardy; intrepid; unfearing (invulnerable to fear or intimidation)
daredevil; temerarious (presumptuously daring)
emboldened (made bold or courageous)
foolhardy; heady; rash; reckless (marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences)
heroic; heroical (having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes)
nervy (showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger)
overreaching; vaulting (revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights)
overvaliant (having or showing undue valor or boldness)
Also:
adventuresome; adventurous (willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises)
fearless; unafraid (oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them)
forward (used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty)
brave; courageous (possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching)
Attribute:
boldness; daring; hardihood; hardiness (the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger)
Antonym:
timid (showing fear and lack of confidence)
Derivation:
boldness (the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Clear and distinct
Example:
a bold design
Classified under:
Similar:
conspicuous (obvious to the eye or mind)
Derivation:
boldness (the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
Example:
a sheer descent of rock
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
steep (having a sharp inclination)
Context examples:
I shall put a bold face on, and if I do feel weepy, he shall never see it.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“Bill,” said the stranger in a voice that I thought he had tried to make bold and big.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I pray you, gentlemen, to take your places, that we may see whether this stranger's deeds are as bold as his words.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“We must keep a bold face and brazen it out until the last moment.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Wily and bold, he and his companion threw their pursuer off their track by entering a lodging-house in Edmonton Street and leaving by the back-gate into Curzon Square.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I am bold to say it in spite of the rain, because so short a time remains to me.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Maria blushed in spite of herself as she answered, “I take the part which Lady Ravenshaw was to have done, and” (with a bolder eye) “Miss Crawford is to be Amelia.”
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
But the wolves were growing bolder, and the men were aroused more than once from their sleep.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
This bold surmise, however, she soon learnt comprehended but half the fact.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Now, ever since I ran wild as a lad in Ireland I have been a bold and skilled tree-climber.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
