boldface

[ bohld-feys ]

noun

1. type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface

adjective

1. typeset or printed in boldface.

verb (used with object)

, bold·faced, bold·fac·ing.

1. to mark (copy) to be set in boldface.

Word History and Origins

Origin of boldface¹

First recorded in 1685–95; bold + face

Example Sentences

Sherman and Palmer had co-written Politico’s Playbook newsletter since 2016, when they inherited it from Allen, who had made it famous with a relentless focus on insider-y political details, coupled with boldface birthday-party sightings around town.

From Washington Post

It became a large-scale business, attracting boldface-name investors including Ted Leonsis and Steve Case.

From Washington Post

Big Pump Signal, a shadowy group of cryptocurrency pump-and-dump merchants, makes up for its lack of boldface names with its sheer mass of participants.

From Axios

Sandground’s other boldface-name clients included John Heckler, whose messy divorce in the mid-1980s from Margaret Heckler, then-secretary of health and human services, generated headlines.

From Washington Post

Note: Unusual words that are playable in Scrabble appear in this article in boldface.

From The Daily Beast

The boldface names at the event were all Democrats: Barack Obama and former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter spoke.

From The Daily Beast

Let me put this in boldface: Heritage's cost estimates are driven not primarily by welfare, but by healthcare.

From The Daily Beast

With each new boldface name she charmed, the plump girl from Iowa gleefully wrangled her way closer to the front of the line.

From The Daily Beast

The boldface fashion houses have not had an easy time during Paris fashion  shows.

From The Daily Beast

In the Lambeth MS, passages printed in clarendon are shown here in dark-red boldface.

From Project Gutenberg

The bottom of the panel gave the Road Commissioner's name in boldface with Houghton's name below in slightly smaller print.

From Project Gutenberg

Some in-line paragraph headings are in boldface and some are in italics; this emphasis has been retained.

From Project Gutenberg

Abbreviated titles of the most frequently cited works are given here in boldface.

From Project Gutenberg

Words shown in boldface were originally printed in blackletter (gothic) type.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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