Bold

//ˈbəʊld//

Synonyms for "bold" (220 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Strong matches (66)

Related words (110)

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10 relation types

Translations

168 translations across 54 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • θαρσαλέος adj (courageous, daring)
  • τολμήεις adj (courageous, daring)
  • τολμηρός adj (courageous, daring)

Arabic

3 entries
  • جسور adj (courageous, daring)
  • جَرِيء adj (courageous, daring)
  • جَسُور adj (courageous, daring)

Armenian

4 entries
  • թավ adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • խիզախ adj (courageous, daring)
  • հանդուգն adj (courageous, daring)
  • քաջ adj (courageous, daring)

Assamese

1 entries
  • সাহসী adj (courageous, daring)

Bashkir

3 entries
  • баҙнатсыл adj (courageous, daring)
  • ҡалын adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • ҡыйыу adj (courageous, daring)

Bengali

1 entries
  • সাহসী adj (courageous, daring)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • получе́рен adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • смел adj (courageous, daring)
  • хра́бър adj (courageous, daring)
  • че́рен adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Catalan

3 entries
  • agosarat adj (courageous, daring)
  • gras adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • negreta adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏍᎦᏎᏅ adj (courageous, daring)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 勇敢 adj (courageous, daring)
  • 粗體的 /粗体的 adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • 膽大 /胆大 adj (courageous, daring)

Czech

4 entries
  • odvážný adj (courageous, daring)
  • polotučný adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • smělý adj (courageous, daring)
  • troufalý adj (courageous, daring)

Danish

3 entries
  • fed adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • modig adj (courageous, daring)
  • tapper adj (courageous, daring)

Dutch

3 entries
  • moedig adj (courageous, daring)
  • vet adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • vetgedrukt adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • aŭdaca adj (courageous, daring)
  • grasa adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Estonian

4 entries
  • julge adj (courageous, daring)
  • paks adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • vahva adj (courageous, daring)
  • vapper adj (courageous, daring)

Finnish

4 entries
  • arastelematon adj (courageous, daring)
  • arkailematon adj (courageous, daring)
  • karski adj (courageous, daring)
  • lihava adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

French

3 entries
  • effronté adj (courageous, daring)
  • gras adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • hardi adj (courageous, daring)

Galician

3 entries
  • afouto adj (courageous, daring)
  • arriscado adj (courageous, daring)
  • atufado adj (courageous, daring)

Georgian

3 entries
  • გაბედული adj (courageous, daring)
  • გამბედავი adj (courageous, daring)
  • გულადი adj (courageous, daring)

German

4 entries
  • fett adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • kühn adj (courageous, daring)
  • mutig adj (courageous, daring)
  • tapfer adj (courageous, daring)

Greek

2 entries
  • θαρραλέος adj (courageous, daring)
  • τολμηρός adj (courageous, daring)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אמיץ adj (courageous, daring)
  • אמיצה adj (courageous, daring)

Hindi

2 entries
  • निडर adj (courageous, daring)
  • साहसी adj (courageous, daring)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • bátor adj (courageous, daring)
  • félkövér adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • merész adj (courageous, daring)

Ido

4 entries
  • brava adj (courageous, daring)
  • grasa adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • kuraja adj (courageous, daring)
  • kurajema adj (courageous, daring)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • paksu adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Irish

2 entries
  • dána adj (courageous, daring)
  • forránach adj (courageous, daring)

Italian

4 entries
  • ardito adj (courageous, daring)
  • audace adj (courageous, daring)
  • baldo adj (courageous, daring)
  • coraggioso adj (courageous, daring)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ボールド adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • ボールド体の adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • 勇敢な adj (courageous, daring)
  • 大胆な adj (courageous, daring)

Latin

2 entries
  • audax adj (courageous, daring)
  • audens adj (courageous, daring)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • заде́белен adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • смел adj (courageous, daring)
  • хра́бар adj (courageous, daring)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • зоримог adj (courageous, daring)

Māori

3 entries
  • miramira adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • taekaha adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • taikaha adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • modig adj (courageous, daring)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • fet adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Old English

1 entries
  • beald adj (courageous, daring)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • snarr adj (courageous, daring)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • جسور adj (courageous, daring)

Persian

4 entries
  • جسور adj (courageous, daring)
  • جسورانه adj (courageous, daring)
  • ضخیم adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • پررنگ adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • driest adj (courageous, daring)

Polish

4 entries
  • odważny adj (courageous, daring)
  • pogrubiony adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • tłusty adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • wytłuszczony adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • audacioso adj (courageous, daring)
  • bravo adj (courageous, daring)
  • corajoso adj (courageous, daring)
  • negrito adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Romanian

3 entries
  • aldin adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • gras adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • temerar adj (courageous, daring)

Russian

4 entries
  • жи́рный adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • отва́жный adj (courageous, daring)
  • полужи́рный adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • реши́тельный adj (courageous, daring)

Scots

1 entries
  • bauld adj (courageous, daring)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • dàna adj (courageous, daring)
  • trom adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • hrabar adj (courageous, daring)
  • odvažan adj (courageous, daring)
  • podebljan adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • одважан adj (courageous, daring)

Slovak

4 entries
  • odvážny adj (courageous, daring)
  • opovážlivý adj (courageous, daring)
  • smelý adj (courageous, daring)
  • trúfalý adj (courageous, daring)

Somali

1 entries
  • geesi adj (courageous, daring)

Spanish

4 entries
  • atrevido adj (courageous, daring)
  • audaz adj (courageous, daring)
  • denodado adj (courageous, daring)
  • egipcia adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Swedish

4 entries
  • djärv adj (courageous, daring)
  • fet adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • fetstil adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)
  • fetstilt adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Turkish

2 entries
  • cesur adj (courageous, daring)
  • kalın adj (having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • can đảm adj (courageous, daring)
  • dũng cảm adj (courageous, daring)
  • gan dạ adj (courageous, daring)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • דרייסט adj (courageous, daring)
  • מוטיק adj (courageous, daring)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

May I make so bold as to request your assistance?

Source: tatoeba (19150)

The bold man glanced at the gangster with hatred and contempt.

Source: tatoeba (19175)

When the time is ripe, be bold and go for it! I'll stand by you.

Source: tatoeba (20500)

It is bold of you to say such a thing.

Source: tatoeba (41346)

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