IPA(key): /boʊlˈdeɪʃəs/ <span class="searchmatch">boldacious</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">boldacious</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">boldacious</span>) (US) brazen, impudent, unrestrained. “<span class="searchmatch">boldacious</span>”, in OneLook Dictionary...
to take bold risks”): shy, cautious, prudent audaciously audaciousness <span class="searchmatch">boldacious</span> unaudacious audacity outdaciousness showing willingness to take bold risks...
courageous, daring, forward, doughty See also Thesaurus:brave blackboard bold <span class="searchmatch">boldacious</span> bold as brass boldface bold-faced boldfaced bold film boldhead bold-hearted...
bardacious, <span class="searchmatch">boldacious</span>, bowdacious Southern American slang, implied by bodaciously, 1837, either from the word (possibly from South Carolina) bodyaciously...