Synonyms of the word

dare

• v. (intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
• v. (transitive) To defy or challenge (someone to do something).
• v. (transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.
• v. (transitive) To terrify; to daunt.
• v. (transitive) To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc…
• n. A challenge to prove courage.
• n. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
• n. Defiance; challenge.
• v. (obsolete) To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified.
• v. (obsolete) To lie or crouch down in fear.
• n. A small fish, the dace.

act

• n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
• n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
• n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
• n. The process of doing something.
• n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
• n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
• n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
• n. (countable) Any organized activity.
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
• n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
• v. (intransitive) To do something.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
• v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
• v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
• v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
• v. (transitive) To play (a role).
• v. (transitive) To feign.
• v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

challenge

• n. A confrontation; a dare.
• n. A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that…
• n. (law) A procedure or action.
• n. (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
• v. To invite someone to take part in a competition.
• v. To dare someone.
• v. To dispute something.
• v. (law) To make a formal objection to a juror.
• v. (obsolete) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
• v. (obsolete) To censure; to blame.
• v. (military) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
• v. (US) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as…
• v. (Canada, US) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.

daring

• v. present participle of dare.
• adj. Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks.
• adj. Courageous, or showing bravery.
• n. Boldness.

defy

• n. (obsolete) A challenge.
• v. To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
• v. To challenge (someone) to do something difficult or impossible.
• v. To refuse to obey.
• v. To not conform to or follow a pattern, set of rules or expectations.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

presume

• v. (transitive, now rare) To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission.
• v. (transitive) With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority…
• v. (transitive) To assume to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To be presumptuous; with on, upon, to take advantage (of), to take liberties (with).