AUDACITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does audacity mean?
• AUDACITY (noun)
The noun AUDACITY has 2 senses:
1. fearless daring
2. aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery
Familiarity information: AUDACITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AUDACITY (noun)
Meaning:
Fearless daring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
audaciousness; audacity; temerity
Hypernyms ("audacity" is a kind of...):
boldness; daring; hardihood; hardiness (the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger)
Meaning:
Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
audaciousness; audacity
Context example:
he had the audacity to question my decision
Hypernyms ("audacity" is a kind of...):
boldness; brass; cheek; face; nerve (impudent aggressiveness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "audacity"):
assumption; effrontery; presumption; presumptuousness (audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to)
