Antonyms for bolder
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bohld |
| Phonetic Transcription : boÊŠld |
Definition of bolder
Origin :- Old English beald (West Saxon), bald (Anglian) "bold, brave, confident, strong," from Proto-Germanic *balthaz (cf. Old High German bald "bold, swift," in names such as Archibald, Leopold, Theobald; Gothic balþei "boldness;" Old Norse ballr "frightful, dangerous"), perhaps from PIE *bhol-to- suffixed form of *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole).
- Of flavors (coffee, etc.) from 1829. The noun meaning "those who are bold" is from c.1300. Old French and Provençal baut "bold," Italian baldo "bold, daring, fearless" are Germanic loan-words.
- adj brave
- adj brazen, insolent
- adj bright, striking
- Vaudemont, you are bolder in hunting, they tell me, than you are at whist.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It was a situation which might have abashed a bolder ruffian.
- Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- A bolder and more rebellious thought was his real legacy to his age.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- These, also, make easier and bolder the electrician's tasks.
- Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
- Then she got bolder, and openly asked to see Golden, and talk with her.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- Some persons who were bolder went down, and saw the same thing.
- Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
- Let no man tell me, sir, that this is not a bolder effort than the other.
- Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
- I would that I were capable of something better, bolder, and more manly than this.
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- But one, bolder than the rest, snatching a brand from the hearth, relit the candles.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- Thereupon the bolder of the two informed the count that he had had no dinner.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Synonyms for bolder
- adventurous
- assuming
- audacious
- aweless
- bantam
- barefaced
- brash
- brassy
- cheeky
- clear
- colorful
- coming on strong
- confident
- conspicuous
- courageous
- daring
- dauntless
- definite
- enterprising
- evident
- eye-catching
- fearless
- flashy
- forceful
- forward
- fresh
- gallant
- gritty
- gutsy
- heroic
- immodest
- impudent
- insolent
- intrepid
- lively
- loud
- manifest
- nervy
- pert
- plain
- presumptuous
- prominent
- pronounced
- resolute
- rude
- sassy
- saucy
- shameless
- showy
- smart
- smart-alecky
- spirited
- spunky
- strong
- unafraid
- undaunted
- valiant
- valorous
- vivid
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