brave
Other forms: bravest; braves; braver; braved; braving
Courageous, dauntless, perhaps a little bit daring, a person who is brave faces dangerous or difficult situations with courage.
The adjective brave can be used to describe anyone or anything that displays courage, such as a brave firefighter, a brave guide dog, or even brave holiday shoppers. In addition to its adjective form, the word brave can also act as a verb. Use the verb brave when you want to say that someone is facing a dangerous or unpleasant situation courageously: “Only the hardiest skiers were able to brave the icy conditions and complete the course.” Both adjective and verb forms of the word share a common meaning — the sense of having courage or acting fearlessly.
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possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching“"Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville”
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synonyms:
courageous
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adventuresome, adventurous
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
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fearless, unafraid
oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them
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bold
fearless and daring
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desperate, heroic
showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
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gallant
unflinching in battle or action
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game, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
willing to face danger
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lionhearted
extraordinarily courageous
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doughty, stalwart, stouthearted
possessing or displaying courage
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undaunted
resolutely courageous
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valiant, valorous
having or showing valor
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resolute
firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination
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Antonyms:
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cowardly, fearful
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
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afraid
filled with fear or apprehension
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timid
showing fear and lack of confidence
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caitiff
despicably mean and cowardly
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chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied
easily frightened
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craven, recreant
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
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dastard, dastardly
despicably cowardly
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faint, faint-hearted, fainthearted, timid
lacking conviction or boldness or courage
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funky
in a state of cowardly fright
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poltroon
characterized by complete cowardliness
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poor-spirited, pusillanimous, unmanly
lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
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ignoble
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
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adventuresome, adventurous
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invulnerable to fear or intimidation
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people who are brave
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face and withstand with courage
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brightly colored and showy
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a North American Indian warrior
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type of:
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warrior
someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
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warrior
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