'Bold' definitions:
Definition of 'bold'
From: WordNet
adjective
Fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure" [ant: timid]
adjective
Clear and distinct; "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in bold relief"; "a bold design"
adjective
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" [syn: bluff, bold, sheer]
noun
Definition of 'Bold'
From: GCIDE
- Bold \Bold\ (b[=o]ld), a. [OE. bald, bold, AS. bald, beald; akin to Icel. ballr, OHG. bald, MHG. balt, D. boud, Goth. bal[thorn]ei boldness, It. baldo. In Ger. there remains only bald, adv. soon. Cf. Bawd, n.]
- 1. Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous. [1913 Webster]
- Throngs of knights and barons bold. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous. "The bold design leased highly." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent. [1913 Webster]
- Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold. "Bold tales." --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- The cathedral church is a very bold work. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief. [1913 Webster]
- Shadows in painting . . . make the figure bolder. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Steep; abrupt; prominent. [1913 Webster]
- Where the bold cape its warning forehead rears. --Trumbull. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bold'
From: GCIDE
- Bold \Bold\, v. t. To make bold or daring. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bold'
From: GCIDE
- Bold \Bold\, v. i. To be or become bold. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bold'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- adventurous,
- arrant,
- arrogant,
- audacious,
- aweless,
- barefaced,
- blatant,
- bluff,
- bold as brass,
- bold-spirited,
- boldfaced,
- bossed,
- bossy,
- brash,
- brassy,
- brave,
- brazen,
- brazenfaced,
- breakneck,
- bumptious,
- challenging,
- chased,
- cheeky,
- chivalric,
- chivalrous,
- clear,
- cocky,
- confident,
- conspicuous,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- courageous,
- daredevil,
- daring,
- dauntless,
- death-defying,
- defiant,
- defying,
- derisive,
- disdainful,
- disregardful,
- distinct,
- doughty,
- embossed,
- eminent,
- emissile,
- enterprising,
- excrescent,
- excrescential,
- exhibitionistic,
- extruding,
- fearless,
- fire-eating,
- fit for sea,
- flagrant,
- foolhardy,
- forward,
- fresh,
- gallant,
- glaring,
- greathearted,
- greatly daring,
- hanging out,
- hardy,
- harebrained,
- headlong,
- heroic,
- herolike,
- immodest,
- impertinent,
- impudent,
- in relief,
- in the foreground,
- incautious,
- insolent,
- intrepid,
- ironhearted,
- jutting,
- knightlike,
- knightly,
- lionhearted,
- lost to shame,
- madbrain,
- madbrained,
- madcap,
- manful,
- manly,
- nervy,
- notable,
- noticeable,
- notorious,
- obtrusive,
- ostensible,
- outstanding,
- pert,
- plucky,
- plunging,
- precipitous,
- presumptuous,
- procacious,
- prognathous,
- projecting,
- prominent,
- pronounced,
- protrudent,
- protruding,
- protrusile,
- protrusive,
- protuberant,
- protuberating,
- raised,
- rapid,
- rash,
- reckless,
- regardless of consequences,
- resolute,
- salient,
- sassy,
- saucy,
- sea-kindly,
- seaworthy,
- shameless,
- sharp,
- sheer,
- smart,
- smart-alecky,
- snug,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- stalwart,
- staring,
- stark-staring,
- steep,
- sticking out,
- stiff,
- stout,
- stouthearted,
- striking,
- strong,
- swaggering,
- temerarious,
- tender,
- unabashed,
- unafraid,
- unashamed,
- unblushing,
- undaunted,
- unembarrassed,
- unmodest,
- valiant,
- valorous,
- venturesome,
- vertical,
- vigorous,
- vivid,
- waterproof,
- watertight,
- weatherly,
- wild,
- wild-ass