Synonyms for brave
- adjective
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Fearless — strong in the face of fear; courageous
fearless, valiant, dauntless, gallant, intrepid, heroic, valorous, daring, undaunted, stalwart, adventurous, unafraid, plucky informal, hardy, chivalrous, gutsy, spirited, audacious, daredevil, dashing, manly, game
Other
courageous, lion-hearted, stout-hearted, colorful US, colourful UK, gay, martial, brass-balled slang, undismayed rare, aweless rare
Verb
Definitions
- adj. 1
Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
- v. 1
To encounter or withstand with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.
[…] but they [Parliament] never will be braved into it.
Forms
- Past participle
- braved
e.g. braved → endured, weathered, dared, challenged…
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The adventurous man goes in quest of danger; the bold man stands out and faces danger or censure; the brave man combines confidence with resolution in presence of danger; the chivalrous man puts himself in peril for others' protection.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- fearless I want to find my energetic, fearless brother.
- valiant Her appearance presented a valiant attempt at smartness.
- gallant “You seem a gallant young gentleman, sir,” he said.
- dauntless Mary was dauntless in the face of Tom's abuse.
- courageous Tom told Mary that he thought John was courageous.
By length
- 3 letters
- gay1
- 4 letters
- game1, dare1, defy2
- 5 letters
- beard1, hardy2, manly2, gutsy2
- 6 letters
- heroic3, endure2, daring2, plucky2
- 7 letters
- weather2, martial2, valiant2, dashing2, gallant2, aweless, outface
- 8 letters
- colorful3, fearless2, spirited3, intrepid3, stalwart2, unafraid3, valorous
- 9 letters
- challenge2, colourful, daredevil3, audacious3, dauntless, undaunted3
- 10 letters
- courageous3, chivalrous, undismayed
- 11 letters
- adventurous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (defy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- courageux
- Italiano
- coraggioso