Word

daring, n.
(darings)
freq. cnt. 2

the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

boldness daring hardihood hardiness

sample sentences

"the proposal required great boldness"
"the plan required great hardiness of heart"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bold

antonym

timidity

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

dare

semantic pointers

attribute

bold

hypernym

fearlessness

hyponym

adventurousness, venturesomeness daredevilry, daredeviltry temerity, audacity, audaciousness brazenness, shamelessness

a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

dare daring

sample sentences

"he could never refuse a dare"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

dare

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

dare dare

semantic pointers

hypernym

challenge