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1. Fearless and daring
   "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"
    
2. Clear and distinct
   "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in bold relief"; "a bold design"
    
3. Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
   "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise";
   - bluff, sheer
    
4. Excessively forward
   - assumptive, assuming, presumptuous

1. A typeface with thick heavy lines
   - boldface, bold face

Sounds like: bowled

Derived forms: bolds, boldest, bolder

See also: adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, boldness, brave, conspicuous, courageous, daredevil, daring, dauntless, emboldened, fearless, foolhardy, forward, hardihood, hardiness, hardy, heady, heroic, heroical, intrepid, nervy, overreaching, overvaliant, rash, reckless, steep, temerarious, unafraid, unfearing, vaulting

Type of: case, face, font, fount [Brit], typeface

Antonym: timid

Encyclopedia: Bold, St Helens