Dare

/dɛə/

Synonyms for "dare" (135 found)

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Closest matches (27)

adventureaffrontaim toassumeattemptattempt tobanterbattle crybe a manbeardbid defiancebid to combatbravebreastbring beforebring forwardbring upcall outcartelchallenge
Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (41)

Noun(7 words)
Verb(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
chancechangeconfrontconfront withcourt destructiondare todefidefiancedefydefy dangerderidedouble daredouble-dareencounterenvisageexceedfaceface outface up toface with
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forget the oddsfrontgagegage of battlegamblegantletgauntletget freshget smartglovehave a nerve

Related words (67)

have the cheekhave the gallhave the gutshave the nervehazardhold in contemptlay beforemake boldmake bold tomake freemeetmeet squarelyoutdareoutfaceplace beforeplay with firepresentpresent topresumepretend
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pretend toprovocationprovokeput it torebelrebel yellridiculeriskrun the chancerun the riskscream defianceseek toset beforeshow fightstare downstemstrive tostudy tostumptake a chancetake chancestake libertiestake the libertytaunttempttempt providencetry andtry toultimatumventureventure towar crywar whoop
Verb(4 words)
hazard a planmake boldpresumepresumes

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries
actaction verbbehavioral traitchallengecharacter traitmovetesttransitive verbverb

More specific

8 entries
audacious actbold movedefyphysical darerisktaunttruth or dareventure

Collocations

12 entries
accept a daredare gamedare notdare saydare someone todare todare to challengedare to questionface a dareissue a daretake a daretruth or dare

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

How dare you say such a thing to me?

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How dare you speak to me like that?

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How dare you speak like that!

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How dare you say that?

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