Dictionary Entry
bold
bold is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
- 2noun
Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.
- 3noun
In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.
- 4noun
Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold.
- 5noun
Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.
- 6noun
Steep; abrupt; prominent.
- 7transitive verb
To make bold or daring.
- 8intransitive verb
To be or become bold.
- 9noun
a typeface with thick heavy lines
Synonyms
- 10adjective
fearless and daring
"bold settlers on some foreign shore"
"a bold speech"
- 11adjective
clear and distinct
"bold handwriting"
"a figure carved in bold relief"
- 12adjective
very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
"a bluff headland"
"where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"
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