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🦁 Courage or daring 🎨 Striking quality 😠 Disrespectful confidence
boldness

boldness

1 2.8
A strong, noticeable appearance that makes something stand out
  • noun
  • /ˈboʊldnəs/
: osadía
  • There was an overarching theme of boldness at October's PRSA and PRSSA conferences.

Our motto, and this one is backlit, embodies simplicity and boldness.

Examples

  • Do you want to bring more clarity, boldness, and purpose into your life?

    Blog text (2)

  • If these accounts are reliable, the innovative boldness of the ulama ruling is unparalleled.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I love the truth and boldness in this piece.

    Blog text (27)

  • And, you know, I think it's, it's also helpful to have the boldness of youth, that sort of thing.

  • New environment, new mindset, new boldness, new confidence.

  • Yes, this could have been well done, and I actually admired the idea for its boldness and humor potential.

    Blog text (2)

  • I think they imagine the way things should look is a nice balance of boldness and pragmatism at every minute or hour.

  • His style had all the plainness and unpoetic boldness of truth.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The famous treatise on the sublime by an author once thought to be Longinus describes the sublime as "boldness and grandeur of thought."

    Academic text (1997)

  • The artist's boldness in using bright colors really made the painting stand out.

Synonyms

distinctness
vsboldness
1 5.5

How clear and easy to recognize a shape or sound is

is about standing out to others rather than only being sharply defined
conspicuousness
vsboldness
1 6.8

How easy something is to see or notice

is about being strikingly different rather than only being easy to see
spectacularity
vsboldness
1 7.2

A quality that makes something look very impressive and dramatic

is about being noticeably different in form or color rather than dramatic show
strikingness
vsboldness
6.8

A quality that is easy to notice and attracts attention

is about being distinct or noticeable but less about dramatic impact
noticeableness
vsboldness
4.8

How easy something is to see or understand

focuses more on being strikingly different, not just being easy to notice

Antonyms

subtlety
48 6.8

A small important detail that is hard to notice

inconspicuousness
1 7.9

Being hard to notice in a place or crowd

How Noticeable

prominence
39 5.6
boldness
1 2.8
subtlety
48 6.8

Surface Forms

boldness singular
boldnesses plural

Morphology

boldness = bold (transparent) = bold + ness

Direct derivation from the adjectival sense 'bold' meaning 'striking' to name that quality.

Etymology

Boldness comes from the old word bold meaning 'strong' or 'clear'. That's why a bright colour or a strong design is called 'bold'—it 'stands out' and is easy to notice.