daring meaning and definition

DARING noun

Definition of daring (noun)

1. a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
   • "he could never refuse a dare"
   • synonyms: dare
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"
   • synonyms: boldness, hardihood, hardiness
   • antonym: timidity

DARING adjective

Definition of daring (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: audacious, venturesome, venturous
2. radically new or original
   • "an avant-garde theater piece"
   • synonyms: avant-garde