Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameless |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, arrant, audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, blatant, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, brazenfaced, cheeky*, depraved, dissolute, flagrant, forward, hardened, high-handed, immodest, immoral, improper, impudent, incorrigible, insolent, lewd, outrageous, overbold, presumptuous, profligate, reprobate, rude, unashamed, unblushing, unchaste, unprincipled, wanton |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blatant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obvious; brazen |
| Synonyms: | arrant, bald, barefaced, brassy, clear, conspicuous, crying, flagrant, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, glitzy, impudent, loud, meretricious, naked, obtrusive, ostentatious, outright, overbold, overt, plain, prominent, pronounced, protrusive, screaming, shameless, sheer, showy, snazzy, unabashed, unblushing, unmitigated |
| Notes: | flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible, while blatant is obvious, contrived, and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant |
| Antonyms: | inconspicuous, quiet, subtle, unpronounced |
| Main Entry: | brassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, loud to the senses |
| Synonyms: | arrant, barefaced, blaring, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, overbold, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, unabashed, unblushing |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent |
| Main Entry: | brave |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, audacious, chin-up, chivalrous, confident, courageous, daring, dashing, dauntless, defiant, doughty, fearless, firm, foolhardy, forward, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, hardy, heroic, herolike, imprudent, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, militant, nervy, plucky, reckless, resolute, spirited, spunky, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, strong, unabashed, unafraid, unblenching, undauntable, undaunted, undismayed, unfearful, valiant, valorous, venturesome |
| Antonyms: | afraid, cautious, fearful, frightened, humble, meek, reticent, retiring, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | brazen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brash, unashamed |
| Synonyms: | audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, contumelious, defiant, flashy, flip, forward, gritty, gutsy, hotshot, immodest, impertinent, impudent, indecent, insolent, loud, meretricious, nervy, overbold, pert, saucy, shameless, smart-alecky, smart-ass, spunky, tawdry, unabashed, unblushing |
| Antonyms: | humble, meek, shamed, shamefaced, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | fearless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave, unafraid |
| Synonyms: | assured, aweless, bodacious, bold, brassy, cheeky, chesty, cocky, confident, cool hand, courageous, crack*, daring, dashing, dauntless, doughty, flip*, fresh*, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, heroic, icy*, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, nervy, plucky, salty, sanguine, sassy*, smart, spunky, sure, temerarious, unabashed, undaunted, unflinching, valiant, valorous, wise |
| Antonyms: | afraid, apprehensive, fearful, timid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impudent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold, shameless |
| Synonyms: | arrant, audacious, barefaced, blatant, boldfaced, brassy, brazen, bumptious, cheeky*, cocky*, contumelious, cool*, flip*, forward, fresh, immodest, impertinent, insolent, nervy, off-base, overbold, pert, presumptuous, procacious, rude, sassy*, saucy*, smart*, smart-alecky, unabashed, unblushing, wise* |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest, polite, retiring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shameless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, indecent |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, arrant, audacious, barefaced, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky*, depraved, dissolute, flagrant, forward, hardened, high-handed, immodest, immoral, improper, impudent, incorrigible, insolent, lewd, outrageous, overbold, presumptuous, profligate, reprobate, rude, unabashed, unashamed, unblushing, unchaste, unprincipled, wanton |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bald-faced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameless |
| Synonyms: | barefaced, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, brazenfaced, impudent, open, transparent, unabashed, unconcealed, undisguised |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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