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"bold" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often assertive (9 letters).
Definitions
fearless and daring
Word origin
From Middle English bold, bolde, bald, beald, from Old English bald, beald (“bold, brave, confident, strong, of good courage, presumptuous, impudent”), from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, *bʰlē- (“to bloat, swell, bubble”).
Used in a sentence
“Bold deeds win admiration and, sometimes, medals.”
“It would be extraordinarily bold of me to give it a try after seeing what has happened to you.”
“the painter's bold use of colour and outline”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Daring”4 letters
02“Brave or visually heavy”4 letters
03“Fearless in action”4 letters
04“Heavyface type”4 letters
05“Not timid”4 letters
06“Strong in type”4 letters
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