bold

adjective/boʊld/

Frequency rank: #2,948 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Confident and brave; not afraid to take risks.

Illustration for the English word “bold”

Example sentence

The explorer was bold enough to climb the dangerous mountain alone.

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