What does "boldface" mean?

A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.

What is a synonym for "boldface"?

Common synonyms include: blackface, bold, bold, bold face, bold faced, boldfaced.

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines. countable, uncountable
2
a typeface with thick heavy lines wordnet

Verb

1
To print or write in a boldfaced font.
"Boldface the due date so they are sure to see it."
2
print in boldface wordnet

Adjective

1
Synonym of boldfaced.
"While the retailer talks about savings of 10 percent off on every item in stock in very boldface type, there is a fine line that indicates at the bottom of the ad, “with the exception of a few fair trade items.”"

"Boldface the due date so they are sure to see it."

From bold + face.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.