bold
[ bohld ]
/ boʊld /
adjective, bold·er, bold·est.
Words nearby bold
bola, bolan pass, boland, bolar, bolas, bold, bold as brass, bold face, bold-faced, bolden, boldface
Idioms for bold
be/make (so) bold, to presume or venture; dare: I made bold to offer my suggestion.
Origin of bold
before 1000; Middle English bald, bold, Old English b(e)ald; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German bald, Dutch boud bold, Old Norse ballr dire < Germanic *bál-tha-z; akin to Welsh balch proud, Irish balc strong < *bal-ko-
SYNONYMS FOR bold
OTHER WORDS FROM bold
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bold
bolder bouldersynonym study for bold
2. Bold, brazen, forward, presumptuous may refer to manners in a derogatory way. Bold suggests impudence, shamelessness, and immodesty: a bold stare. Brazen suggests the same, together with a defiant manner: a brazen liar. Forward implies making oneself unduly prominent or bringing oneself to notice with too much assurance. Presumptuous implies overconfidence, effrontery, taking too much for granted
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Derived forms of bold
boldly, adverbboldness, nounWord Origin for bold
Old English beald; related to Old Norse ballr dangerous, terrible, baldinn defiant, Old High German bald bold
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Idioms and Phrases with bold
bold
In addition to the idiom beginning with bold
- bold as brass
also see:
- big and bold
- make bold
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