audacity

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. boldness, courage; impudence; rashness, insolence. Ant., meekness, forbearance.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Courage]

Syn. daring, boldness, valor; see courage 1 .

2. [Impudence]

Syn. impertinence, temerity, brazenness, insolence; see rudeness , temerity .

See Synonym Study at temerity .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. courage bravery, daring, nerve, pluck, backbone, *guts, *spine, grit, derring-do, mettle, boldness.

2. shamelessness brashness, impudence, effrontery, *gall, *nerve, *cheek, arrogance, impertinence, brass, presumption.

ANT.: 1. cowardice, fear, spinelessness. 2. courtesy, decorum, propriety

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Willingness to take risks: adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audaciousness, boldness, daredevilry, daredeviltry, daring, daringness, venturesomeness, venturousness. See SAFETY. 2. The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident: assumption, audaciousness, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall1, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness. Informal: brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness. See ATTITUDE, COURTESY.