Brave, bold, valiant, daring. Obsolete.

Brave, bold, strenuous, hardy. Obsolete.

Of persons: Stout-hearted, courageous, daring, fearless; the opposite of ‘timid’ or ‘fearful’. Often, with admiration emphasized = brave, adj. 1a.

Of a person, a person's disposition, etc.: courageous, daring; bold, resolute. Formerly also with †in, †of. Now rare.

Active, nimble, brisk, alert; bold, daring.

Bold, audacious, daring, hardy, forward, full of defiant confidence, ‘cocky’. Obsolete. In later use passing insensibly into 3, as when the crowing…

Addicted to risks; venturesome, daring.

Daring, bold, confident, intrepid.

Bold, audacious. Cf. face, v. 1a. Obsolete.

Of things.

Of persons or their attributes: Bold, adventurous; hardy, audacious.

In quasi-adverbial combination with another adjective, as daring-hardy. Obsolete.

A little bold or daring.

Full of daring or defiance.

Adventurous, daring; given to taking risks.

= audacious, adj. Also as adv.

Bold, daring; adventurous. rare.

Characterized by pluck; showing determination in the face of difficulties; bold, courageous, spirited.

Having pluck or courage; esp. in (good,etc.) plucked one (also 'un). Conversely †bad-plucked one.

Daring, bold; suggestive, slightly indecent, risqué.

Displaying or characterized by readiness to attempt something dangerous or difficult; plucky, ‘gung-ho’, intrepid. Esp. in have-a-go hero.

Of or characteristic of (the personality type of) a philobat.

Resembling or evocative of a children's adventure story; characterized by daring and heroism; exciting.