Boldness
n.capable, energeticeveryday
Meaning 1
The quality of acting with confidence when a choice involves risk, uncertainty, or convention.
Reach for it when praising courageous initiative rather than mere loudness
The proposal's boldness lay in sharing power with the people affected.
Choose between these
4- playful
startling self-confidence deserves informal notice
not when a dignified tribute is being written
- everyday
risk and adventurous invention are attractive
not when the action answers duty rather than excitement
- warm
acting despite fear or hardship is the essence
not when unconventional initiative is the specific praise
- formal
audacity
confidence pushes beyond accepted limits
not when respectful decisiveness must not sound insolent
Meaning 2
Strong visual or expressive impact that is hard to overlook.
Reach for it when discussing forceful color, flavor, type, or style
The room gains boldness from one deep blue wall.
Choose between these
2- professional
clarity and color intensity are central
not when weight or force matters more than brightness
- formal
dramatic impact
a design creates immediate contrast
not when quiet confidence is what makes it bold
Said against
3- timidity
- cowardice
- subtlety
It naturally appears in
3- act of boldness
One act of boldness changed what the whole group thought possible.
- creative boldness
The festival rewarded creative boldness grounded in careful craft.
- visual boldness
Black outlines give the small icons enough visual boldness.
The word family
2Where this comes from
- Wiktionary, Noun sense 1: daring quality opens in a new tab for meaning 1 · retrieved 2026-07-26
- Wiktionary, Noun sense 2: visual prominence opens in a new tab for meaning 2 · retrieved 2026-07-26
The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.