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- pronunciation:
- aw
deI
shihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
very bold or adventurous; daring.
Acquiring the rival company was an audacious business move.His escape from the prison was an audacious feat.- synonyms:
- adventuresome, adventurous, bold, brave, courageous, daring, intrepid, venturesome
- antonyms:
- timid
- similar words:
- fearless, forward, lionhearted, undaunted
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| definition 2: |
showing no concern for social conventions or law; insolent.
Few women of the time would commit such an audacious act as smoking in public.- synonyms:
- impudent, insolent, presumptuous, unconventional, unprincipled
- antonyms:
- civil
- similar words:
- brassy, brazen, cheeky, forward, fresh, nervy, outrageous, rude, shameless
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| related words: |
ambitious, bold, daring, enterprising, free, impertinent, impudent, insolent, presumptuous |
adverb + (adj.)audacious
more, most, perhaps, truly
(adj.)audacious
+ adverb
enough
(adj.)audacious
+ noun
act,
attack,
attempt,
bid,
birth,
blend,
challenge,
claim,
debut,
decision,
dream,
experiment,
gambit,
gamble,
goal,
initiative,
knife,
move,
plan,
proposal,
statement,
style
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| derivations: |
audaciously (adv.), audaciousness (n.) |
The word audacious
contains the following part:
-acious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
  More about this word part:
The suffix -acious
forms adjectives from Latinate nouns ending in "-acity," "-acy," or "-ce." Most common adjectives ending in -acious
have a corresponding noun form ending in "-acity."
Example words:
audacious, capacious, fallacious, loquacious, perspicacious, pertinacious, pugnacious, rapacious, tenacious, veracious, vivacious, voracious
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