any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc.

a utensil, ornament, or other article made of such an alloy.

Music .

brass instrument.

brass instruments collectively in a band or orchestra.

metallic yellow; lemon, amber, or reddish yellow.

Informal .

high-ranking military officers.

any very important officials.

Informal . excessive self-assurance; impudence; effrontery.

Machinery . a replaceable semicylindrical shell, usually of bronze, used with another such to line a bearing; a half bushing.

British . a memorial tablet or plaque, often incised with an effigy, coat of arms, or the like.

Furniture . any piece of ornamental or functional hardware, as a drawer pull, made of brass.

British Slang . money.

of, made of, or pertaining to brass.

composed for or using musical instruments made of brass.

having the color brass.

noun

carefulness , caution , circumspection , prudence

noun

assumption , audacity , brashness , cheek * , chutzpah * , confidence , effrontery , gall , impertinence , impudence , insolence , presumption , rudeness , audaciousness , boldness , brazenness , cheek , cheekiness , chutzpah , discourtesy , disrespect , face , familiarity , forwardness , impudency , incivility , nerve , nerviness , overconfidence , pertness , presumptuousness , pushiness , sassiness , sauciness , cash , currency , lucre , (colloq.) impudence , alloy , brazen , hubris , officer , temerity , top