daring has definitions from the field of theater
1
[ noun ] the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger

Synonyms

boldness hardihood

Examples

"the proposal required great boldness"

Used in print

(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)

In the field of entertainment there is no spur to financial daring so effective as audience boredom , and the first decade of the new device was not over before audiences began staying away in large_numbers from the simple-minded , one minute shows .

2
[ adjective ] disposed to venture or take risks

Examples

"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"

Related terms

adventurous

3
[ noun ] a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

Synonyms

dare

Examples

"he could never refuse a dare"

Related terms

challenge defy

4
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 24776
5
[ adjective ] (theater) radically new or original

Synonyms

avant-garde

Examples

"an avant-garde theater piece"

Related terms

original

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