Synonyms for audacity
ɔˈdæs ɪ ti

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1. audacity, audaciousness, temerity(noun)

   fearless daring

   Synonyms:
   temerity, audaciousness

2. audacity, audaciousness(noun)

   aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery

   "he had the audacity to question my decision"

   Synonyms:
   temerity, audaciousness

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1. audacity(noun)

   Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.

   Synonyms:
   temerity, audaciousness, outdaciousness

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1. audacity

   Audacity, in the sense here considered, is a reckless defiance of law, decency, public opinion, or personal rights, claims, or views, approaching the meaning of impudence or shamelessness, but always carrying the thought of the personal risk that one disregards in such defiance; the merely impudent or shameless person may take no thought of consequences; the audacious person recognizes and recklessly braves them. Hardihood defies and disregards the rational judgment of men. Effrontery (Latin effrons, barefaced, shameless) adds to audacity and hardihood the special element of defiance of considerations of propriety, duty, and respect for others, yet not to the extent implied in impudence or shamelessness. Impudence disregards what is due to superiors; shamelessness defies decency. Boldness is forward-stepping courage, spoken of with reference to the presence and observation of others; boldness, in the good sense, is courage viewed from the outside; but the word is frequently used in an unfavorable sense to indicate a lack of proper sensitiveness and modesty. Compare ASSURANCE; BRAVE.

   Synonyms:
   assurance, boldness, brass, effrontery, hardihood, impudence, insolence, shamelessness

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, coyness, diffidence, modesty, sensitiveness, shrinking, shyness, timidity

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. audacity

   Synonyms:
   boldness, rashness, temerity, recklessness, hardihood

   Antonyms:
   caution, self-preservation, timidity, calculation, forethought, foresight, diffidence, inadventurousness

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. audacity(n.)

   Synonyms:
   boldness, daring, fearlessness, courage, intrepidity, venturesomeness, hardihood

2. audacity(n.)

   Synonyms:
   impudence, insolence, impertinence, sauciness, effrontery, presumptuousness, presumption, assurance, face, front, brass, CHEEK

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1. List of paraphrases for "audacity":

   boldness, 'audace, daring, courage, temerity, nerve

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1. Arthur Mitchell:

   Can you imagine the audacity to take an African American and Diana Adams, the essence and purity of Caucasian dance, and to put them together on the stage ? everybody was against him. He knew what he was going against, and he said,' You know my dear, this has got to be perfect.'.

2. Abdul Aziz:

   Usama had good relations with my late father, thus we don’t support the American narrative, declaring him a terrorist, he did jihad, to implement Sharia around the world. So, for us he is an Islamist warrior. We title our library after his name with audacity.

3. John Dewey:

   Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.

4. The Pope:

   Those who lose their inner serenity, their vivacity and audacity, to hide behind their papers, becoming like procedural machines rather than men of God. This is dangerous to lose human sensitivity, so necessary in order to cry with those who cry and enjoy with those who enjoy.

5. Brandon Dillon:

   I think the most egregious thing about Rubio coming to Michigan is the fact that he has the audacity to do so in Detroit when, if he had had his way, Detroit would have gone bankrupt. Without the auto bailout, this state would be in a depression, under Rubio's plan, we would have been left for dead. Rubio and other GOP candidates have a plan that favors the rich over the middle class.

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