Antonyms for bold
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.6 / 7 votes

1. bold

   Bluff is a word of good meaning, as are frank and open. The bluff man talks and laughs loudly and freely, says and does whatever he pleases with fearless good nature, and with no thought of annoying or giving pain to others. The blunt man says things which he is perfectly aware are disagreeable, either from a defiant indifference to others' feelings, or from the pleasure of tormenting.

   Antonyms:
   bland, courteous, genial, polished, polite, refined, reserved, urbane

   Synonyms:
   abrupt, bluff, blunt, blustering, brusk, coarse, discourteous, frank, impolite, inconsiderate, open, plain-spoken, rough, rude, uncivil, unmannerly

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. bold

   Antonyms:
   timid, fearful, inadventurous, shy, bashful, retiring

   Synonyms:
   courageous, fearless, adventurous, brave, self-confident, forward, intrepid, dauntless, valiant, daring, audacious, lion-hearted, doughty

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. boldface, bold face, boldadjective

   a typeface with thick heavy lines

   Antonyms:
   bashful, coy, timorous, inconspicuous, gradual, fearful, intimidated, invisible, trepid, timid, mousy, mousey

   Synonyms:
   boldface, bold face

2. boldadjective

   fearless and daring

   "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"

   Antonyms:
   trepid, mousey, fearful, gradual, bashful, invisible, intimidated, timorous, timid, mousy, coy, inconspicuous

   Synonyms:
   sheer, bluff

3. boldadjective

   clear and distinct

   "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in bold relief"; "a bold design"

   Antonyms:
   timid, bashful, mousey, fearful, intimidated, timorous, trepid, coy, invisible, gradual, inconspicuous, mousy

   Synonyms:
   sheer, bluff

4. bluff, bold, sheeradjective

   very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

   "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"

   Antonyms:
   gradual, trepid, fearful, intimidated, mousy, inconspicuous, coy, timorous, mousey, timid, bashful, invisible

   Synonyms:
   rank(a), transparent, sheer(a), absolute, cobwebby, vapourous, plain, diaphanous, right-down, sheer, see-through, vaporous, gossamer, filmy, bluff, unmingled, gauze-like, unmixed, downright, gauzy, out-and-out(a)

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1. boldadjective

   Antonyms:
   modest, bashful, diffident, coy, shy, timid, retiring

   Synonyms:
   daring, intrepid, brave, forward, immodest, rude, hoidenish, brazen, saucy, insolent, unabashed, audacious, pert, shameless, malapert, conspicuous, prominent, salient, steep, abrupt, precipitous, acclivitous, jagged

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1. whisper

   Submitted by anonymous on March 1, 2020  

How to use bold in a sentence?

1. Joe Kennedy:

   Whatever happens happens, you know, but I'm going to be bold in my faith and I'm going to fight the good fight, and I want to set that example for every one of the kids if you believe in something.

2. Donald Trump:

   I don't know about that. I'll be honest with you. I want to save the country, our country's going to hell. We have a problem. I want to make America great again. And to do that, you have to be bold, you have to be strong, you have to use the same abilities that I use. We don't have that in office right now. We have people that are incompetent.

3. Joel Payne:

   If you doubt that Democrats can defeat Donald Trump on a progressive agenda, then Biden is going to continue to have a pretty strong lead, but if you feel like Democrats need to go big and bold and push the envelope with a transformative new agenda, I think it's pretty clear where you are going - to the left flank of the party and choose from the Sanders/Warren wing.

4. William Wordsworth:

   How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold Because the lovely little flower is free Down to its root, and in that freedom bold.

5. Federica Mogherini:

   With this bold agenda, the European Union has proven itself ready to address the plight of those escaping from wars, persecution and poverty, migration is a shared responsibility of all member states and all member states are called now to contribute to tackling this historical challenge.

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