au·da·cious [aw-dey-shuhs]
Adjective
1.
Extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.
2.
Extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city’s bright future.
3.
Recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen.
4.
lively; unrestrained; uninhibited: an audacious interpretation of her role.
Related forms
au·da·cious·ly, adverb
au·da·cious·ness, noun
un·au·da·cious, adjective
un·au·da·cious·ly, adverb
un·au·da·cious·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. courageous, intrepid, dauntless, venturesome. 3. unabashed, shameless; impertinent, forward.
