List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 314

SYNONYMS: reckless, rash, foolhardy, temerarious.
These adjectives are compared as they mean given to or marked by unthinking boldness.

Reckless suggests brazen indifference to or defiant disregard for consequences: He became the fiercest and most reckless of fighters.
Rash implies haste, impetuousness, and insufficient consideration: Taking calculated risks is quite different from being rash.
Foolhardy implies injudicious or imprudent boldness: One man was foolhardy enough to try to wrest the gun from the hijacker.
Temerarious implies presumptuously or recklessly daring. I would never have been temerarious enough to make use of such a title on my own.