Dare-devil \Dare"-dev`il\, n.
A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil
excitement.
[1913 Webster]
A humorous dare-devil -- the very man
To suit my prpose. --Ld. Lytton.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
daredevil
adj : presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the
right stuff" [syn: brash, temerarious]
n : a reckless impetuous irresponsible person [syn: madcap, hothead,
swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-scarum]
WordNet (r) 2.0
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "daredevil":
adventurer, adventuresome, adventuress, adventurous, audacious,
bold, brave, brazenface, courageous, daring, dashing,
death-defying, devil, devil-may-care, exhibitionist, fearless,
fire-eater, fire-eating, foolhardy, forward, gallant, harebrained,
harum-scarum, hellcat, hotspur, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive,
incautious, intrepid, madbrain, madbrained, madcap, presumptuous,
rantipole, rash, reckless, show-off, showman, soldier of fortune,
stunt man, temerarious, venturesome, venturous, wild, wild man,
wild-ass
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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