Synonyms for Bold
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1. bold

   Bluff is a word of good meaning, as are frank and open. The bluff man talks and laughs loudly and freely, says and does whatever he pleases with fearless good nature, and with no thought of annoying or giving pain to others. The blunt man says things which he is perfectly aware are disagreeable, either from a defiant indifference to others' feelings, or from the pleasure of tormenting.

   Synonyms:
   abrupt, bluff, blunt, blustering, brusk, coarse, discourteous, frank, impolite, inconsiderate, open, plain-spoken, rough, rude, uncivil, unmannerly

   Antonyms:
   bland, courteous, genial, polished, polite, refined, reserved, urbane

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1. bold

   Synonyms:
   courageous, fearless, adventurous, brave, self-confident, forward, intrepid, dauntless, valiant, daring, audacious, lion-hearted, doughty

   Antonyms:
   timid, fearful, inadventurous, shy, bashful, retiring

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. boldface, bold face, boldadjective

   a typeface with thick heavy lines

   Synonyms:
   boldface, bold face, bold

   Antonyms:
   bashful, coy, timorous, inconspicuous, gradual, fearful, intimidated, invisible, trepid, timid, mousy, mousey

2. boldadjective

   fearless and daring

   "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"

   Synonyms:
   sheer, bluff

   Antonyms:
   trepid, mousey, fearful, gradual, bashful, invisible, intimidated, timorous, timid, mousy, coy, inconspicuous

3. boldadjective

   clear and distinct

   "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in bold relief"; "a bold design"

   Synonyms:
   sheer, bluff

   Antonyms:
   timid, bashful, mousey, fearful, intimidated, timorous, trepid, coy, invisible, gradual, inconspicuous, mousy

4. bluff, bold, sheeradjective

   very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

   "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"

   Synonyms:
   rank(a), transparent, sheer(a), absolute, cobwebby, vapourous, plain, diaphanous, right-down, sheer, see-through, vaporous, gossamer, filmy, bluff, bold, unmingled, gauze-like, unmixed, downright, gauzy, out-and-out(a)

   Antonyms:
   gradual, trepid, fearful, intimidated, mousy, inconspicuous, coy, timorous, mousey, timid, bashful, invisible

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1. boldadjective

   Synonyms:
   fearless, dauntless, daring, valiant, chivalrous, valorous, doughty, undaunted, intrepid, courageous, brave, heroic, audacious, adventurous, manful, manly, stout-hearted, bold-spirited

2. boldadjective

   Synonyms:
   confident, assured, free from bashfulness

3. boldadjective

   Synonyms:
   impudent, insolent, rude, impertinent, saucy, forward, pushing, assuming, brazen-faced, bold-faced

4. boldadjective

   Synonyms:
   conspicuous, striking, prominent, standing out to the view

5. boldadjective

   Synonyms:
   steep, abrupt

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1. boldadjective

   Synonyms:
   daring, intrepid, brave, forward, immodest, rude, hoidenish, brazen, saucy, insolent, unabashed, audacious, pert, shameless, malapert, conspicuous, prominent, salient, steep, abrupt, precipitous, acclivitous, jagged

   Antonyms:
   modest, bashful, diffident, coy, shy, timid, retiring

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1. List of paraphrases for "bold":

   courageous, daring, brave, audacious, fatty, boldface, gras, fat, adventurous, bolding, valiant, ambitious, fearless, fats, aggressive, greasy, bolded

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1. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:

   The Bank of Japan is implementing bold monetary easing to achieve its 2 percent inflation target. It's up to the BOJ to decide on specific monetary means to achieve this.

2. Terry Gross:

   When you're doing it on your album cover, I think it's a really bold statement, and it's a statement for women, because you are trying to break the mold of what beautiful is.

3. Christian Odendahl:

   If you limit this along national lines, it would clearly be a disappointment because it would show quite starkly that the ECB is running up against its limits, draghi knows that the announcement itself will be the most important thing. I hope he is bold.

4. Donald Trump:

   I don't know about that. I'll be honest with you. I want to save the country, our country's going to hell. We have a problem. I want to make America great again. And to do that, you have to be bold, you have to be strong, you have to use the same abilities that I use. We don't have that in office right now. We have people that are incompetent.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   A Yale educated attorney, Abrams is the only candidate with bold new plans to ensure Georgians have access to good jobs, quality public schools, affordable child care and higher education.