boldness

Nouns

  • (n) the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
    • the proposal required great boldness
    • the plan required great hardiness of heart
    hardihood, daring, hardiness,
  • (n) impudent aggressiveness
    • I couldn't believe her boldness
    • he had the effrontery to question my honesty
    nerve, brass, cheek, face,
  • (n) the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly strikingness,

Synonyms

hardihood daring hardiness nerve brass cheek face strikingness

Antonyms

timidity timorousness

Words of close approximity