bold

Synonyms

• boldfaceprint in boldface ; a typeface with thick heavy lines
• bold facea typeface with thick heavy lines

• "bold settlers on some foreign shore"
• "a bold speech"
• "a bold adventure"

• "bold handwriting"
• "a figure carved in bold relief"
• "a bold design"

• "having a prominent and almost vertical front"
• "a bluff headland"
• "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"
• "a sheer descent of rock"

Synonyms

• bluffvery steep; bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand ; frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is ; a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) ; pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; the act of bluffing in poker
• sheerstraight up or down without a break ; directly; turn sharply; cause to sheer; complete and without restriction or qualification; not mixed with extraneous elements; very steep; so thin as to transmit light