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daredevil noun [ ˈdɛːdɛv(ə)l ]

• a reckless person who enjoys doing dangerous things.
• "spectators watched in horror as the nineteen-year-old daredevil smashed into the ground"
Similar: madcap, hothead, adventurer, exhibitionist, swashbuckler, stuntman, tearaway, show-off, showboat, desperado,
Opposite: coward,

daredevil adjective

• reckless and daring.
• "a daredevil skydiver"
Similar: daring, bold, adventurous, madcap, hot-headed, audacious, courageous, brave, intrepid, fearless, death-or-glory, undaunted, dauntless, heedless, reckless, rash, hasty, impulsive, precipitous, impetuous, wild, desperate, foolhardy, incautious, imprudent, ill-advised, hare-brained, tearaway, harum-scarum, bull-in-a-china-shop,
Opposite: cowardly, cautious,


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