What does bold mean?
Word: Bold
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Bold means brave and not afraid to take risks. Bold can also describe colours or letters that are strong and easy to see.
Synonyms: brave, daring, fearless
Antonyms: shy
Sounds like: bowled (sent the ball down to the batter in cricket)
How do you spell bold?
Syllables: bold
Tricky part: Bold sounds exactly like bowled, the cricket word, so some children add a w. The word for brave has no w at all.
Watch out for: boald, bowld
Memory tip: Bowled belongs to the bowler, who has a w in his name too; bold has none.
Bold in a sentence
Example 1: The bold little girl asked the chief guest a question.
Example 2: Write the heading in bold letters so everyone can read it.
Example 3: Painting the wall bright yellow was a bold idea.
Fun Fact
Bold goes back more than a thousand years to Old English, where it was written bald or beald and already meant brave.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
bold
a) clever
b) proud
c) strong
d) timid
Show answer
d) timid. Timid means easily frightened, which is the opposite of bold.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) marigold
b) bolde
c) household
d) threshold
Show answer
b) bolde. Marigold, threshold and household are spelt right; bold has no letter after its d.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Riya gave a bolld answer when the teacher asked who would speak first.
a) answer
b) speak
c) teacher
d) bolld
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d) bolld. Bold has a single l before the d.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ldob
a) bold
b) blod
c) bodl
d) bdol
Show answer
a) bold. B starts the word and the d finishes it; the o comes before the l.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Meera was bold. What did she do?
a) waited for someone else to start
b) tried a high dive for the first time
c) sat quietly in a corner all day
d) stayed at the back of the queue
Show answer
b) tried a high dive for the first time
2. A newspaper headline printed in bold has letters that are:
a) thick and dark
b) thin and pale
c) bright and coloured
d) small and slanting
Show answer
a) thick and dark
