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daring

adj · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛə.ɹɪŋ/
  • General-American: /ˈdɛɚ.ɪŋ/
  • General-American: /ˈdɛɹɪŋ/
  • US: Inland North Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: derring (Mary–marry–merry merger)
  • rhymes with -ɛəɹɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: D EH1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: audacious, dareful, bold, venturesome, adventuresome

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: courageous, adventurous, mettlesome, aweless, bad, bold, brass-balled, chivalrous, daredevil, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fortitudinous, gallant, gutsy, heroic, intrepid, lionhearted, orped, plucky, stalwart, stalworth, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Racy; sexually provocative.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Boldness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boldness, audacity, fearlessness, balls, bield, boldhead, bravehood, braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, daring, grit, guts, heart, intrepidity, intrepidness, mood, nerve, ovaries, pecker, pluck, spunk, steel, undauntedness, valour

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of dare

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

disposed to venture or take risks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • audacious visions of the total conquest of space
  • an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas
  • the most daring of contemporary fiction writers
  • a venturesome investor
  • a venturous spirit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: audacious, venturesome, venturous

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

radically new or original

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an avant-garde theater piece

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: avant-garde

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the proposal required great boldness
  • the plan required great hardiness of heart

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boldness, hardiness, hardihood

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fearlessness

Narrower terms: adventurousness, venturesomeness, daredevilry, daredeviltry, audacity, audaciousness, temerity, shamelessness, brazenness

9

noun

Meaning 9

a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he could never refuse a dare

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dare

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: challenge

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: Guximshëm — willing to take on risks
  • Amharic: ደፋር (däfar) — willing to take on risks
  • Arabic: جَرِيء (jarīʔ) — willing to take on risks
  • Arabic: جَسُور (jasūr) — willing to take on risks
  • Basque: ausart — willing to take on risks
  • Bulgarian: дързък (dǎrzǎk) — willing to take on risks
  • Bulgarian: авантюристичен (avantjurističen) — willing to take on risks
  • Catalan: agosarat — willing to take on risks
  • Catalan: atrevit — willing to take on risks
  • Dutch: avontuurlijk — willing to take on risks
  • Dutch: roekeloos — willing to take on risks
  • Dutch: stoutmoedig — willing to take on risks
  • Dutch: ondernemend — willing to take on risks
  • Finnish: uskalias — willing to take on risks
  • French: audacieux — willing to take on risks
  • French: hardi — willing to take on risks
  • French: osé — willing to take on risks
  • Galician: arriscado — willing to take on risks
  • Galician: afouto — willing to take on risks
  • Galician: ousado — willing to take on risks
  • Galician: audaz — willing to take on risks
  • Galician: atrevido — willing to take on risks
  • German: mutig — willing to take on risks
  • Ancient Greek: τολμηρός (tolmērós) — willing to take on risks
  • Hebrew: נועז (no'az) — willing to take on risks
  • Hebrew: נועזת (no'ezet) — willing to take on risks
  • Hindi: साहसी (sāhsī) — willing to take on risks
  • Hungarian: vakmerő — willing to take on risks
  • Italian: audace — willing to take on risks
  • Kabuverdianu: atrividu — willing to take on risks
  • Kabuverdianu: atrevide — willing to take on risks
  • Māori: mātātoa — willing to take on risks
  • Plautdietsch: brow — willing to take on risks
  • Polish: śmiały — willing to take on risks
  • Portuguese: audacioso — willing to take on risks
  • Portuguese: audaz — willing to take on risks
  • Portuguese: arrojado — willing to take on risks
  • Portuguese: atrevido — willing to take on risks
  • Romanian: dârz — willing to take on risks
  • Russian: де́рзкий (dérzkij) — willing to take on risks
  • Russian: лихо́й (lixój) — willing to take on risks
  • Spanish: osado — willing to take on risks
  • Spanish: atrevido — willing to take on risks
  • Swedish: djärv — willing to take on risks
  • Ottoman Turkish: جسور (cesur) — willing to take on risks
  • Amharic: ደፋር (däfar) — courageous
  • Bulgarian: смел (smel) — courageous
  • Bulgarian: безстрашен (bezstrašen) — courageous
  • Dutch: dapper — courageous
  • Dutch: durvend — courageous
  • Dutch: gedurfd — courageous
  • Finnish: uskalias — courageous
  • French: courageux — courageous
  • French: audacieux — courageous
  • German: mutig — courageous
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos) — courageous
  • Ancient Greek: θρασύς (thrasús) — courageous
  • Hebrew: נועז (no'az) — courageous
  • Hebrew: נועזת (no'ezet) — courageous
  • Hindi: साहसी (sāhsī) — courageous
  • Hungarian: bátor — courageous
  • Hungarian: vakmerő — courageous
  • Italian: audace — courageous
  • Māori: hautoa — courageous
  • Persian: دلیرانه (dalirâne) — courageous
  • Persian: شجاعانه (šojâ'âne) — courageous
  • Plautdietsch: brow — courageous
  • Polish: śmiały — courageous
  • Portuguese: audacioso — courageous
  • Russian: сме́лый (smélyj) — courageous
  • Russian: отва́жный (otvážnyj) — courageous
  • Russian: бесстра́шный (besstrášnyj) — courageous
  • Spanish: atrevido — courageous
  • Spanish: osado — courageous
  • Spanish: denodado — courageous
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوچاق (koçak) — courageous
  • French: osé — racy, sexually provocative
  • Hungarian: kihívó — racy, sexually provocative
  • Hungarian: merész — racy, sexually provocative
  • Italian: osé — racy, sexually provocative
  • Bulgarian: смелост (smelost) — boldness
  • Bulgarian: безстрашие (bezstrašie) — boldness
  • Dutch: durf — boldness
  • Dutch: lef — boldness
  • Dutch: branie — boldness
  • Finnish: uskallus — boldness
  • French: audace — boldness
  • French: hardiesse — boldness
  • German: Wagemut — boldness
  • German: Kühnheit — boldness
  • Ancient Greek: τόλμη (tólmē) — boldness
  • Hebrew: תעוזה (te'uza) — boldness
  • Latin: audācia — boldness
  • Latin: audentia — boldness
  • Russian: сме́лость (smélostʹ) — boldness
  • Russian: отвага (otvaga) — boldness
  • Russian: дерзость (derzostʹ) — boldness
  • Russian: удаль (udalʹ) — boldness
  • Spanish: atrevimiento — boldness
  • Spanish: audacia — boldness
  • Spanish: osadía — boldness
  • Spanish: demasía — boldness
  • Turkish: cesaret — boldness
  • Ottoman Turkish: جسورلق (cesurluk) — boldness
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