daring

1. 1.

   a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

   “he could never refuse a dare”

   Synonymsdare

   Broaderchallenge
2. 2.

   the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger

   “the proposal required great boldness”

   “the plan required great hardiness of heart”

   Synonymsboldnesshardinesshardihood

   Broaderfearlessness

   Narroweradventurousnessdaredevilryaudacityshamelessness

1. 1.

   disposed to venture or take risks

   “audacious visions of the total conquest of space”

   “an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas”

   “the most daring of contemporary fiction writers”

   “a venturesome investor”

   “a venturous spirit”

   Synonymsaudaciousventuresomeventurous

   Similaradventurous
2. 2.

   radically new or original

   “an avant-garde theater piece”

   Synonymsavant-garde

   Similaroriginal

Other forms of daring

plural

darings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about daring

What does daring mean?

daring means "a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in daring?

daring has 2 syllables: dar-ing. The stress falls on "dar". In IPA it is /ˈdɛɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for daring?

Close synonyms include dare, boldness, hardiness, hardihood, audacious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is daring a common word?

daring is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.