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audacious
Meaning: showing a willingness to take bold risks
audacious in a sentence
How audacious is used in real sentences:
The team pulled off an audacious comeback in the final two minutes of the game.
Her audacious plan to climb the cliff without ropes shocked the whole team.
“Mara's most audacious decision left one corner roofless, risking complaints so visitors could still encounter the sky that had shaped the ruin.”
— from the passage The Open Corner
“Their final step was audacious: all eight signed a single letter and sent copies both to the admiral and to the ship's crew.”
— from the passage The Officers' Correspondence
“Designing a hinge with no motor was audacious, yet every saved gram mattered.”
— from the passage The Returning Hinge
Synonyms for audacious
Other words for audacious — daring, bold and brazen — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of audacious
Words that mean the opposite of audacious:
Where it comes from
From Latin audax 'bold, daring'
Memory hook
AUD-ACIOUS — imagine an AUDIENCE gasping at someone's bold, daring stunt.