Synonyms for dashing

Most common

brave · spirited · dapper · rakish · sexy · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · headlong

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.

2. adj. 2

   Chic, fashionable.

   That's a rather dashing outfit, even if I do say so.

Example sentences

• brave When it comes to war, they are as brave as anyone.
• spirited She chose the most spirited horse in the stable.
• dapper He was a dapper man with a mustache that curled neatly at each tip.
• sexy Would you rather be fat and ugly or thin and sexy?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

gay¹

4 letters

sexy²

5 letters

brave¹, showy², natty²

6 letters

daring², spruce¹, flashy², snappy², dapper², snazzy², jaunty², spiffy², rakish²

7 letters

stylish², gallant², raffish²

8 letters

spirited³, headlong²

9 letters

flaunting²

11 letters

fashionable⁴, pretentious³, precipitate⁴

12 letters

enterprising⁴, ostentatious⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sexy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

fringant

Català

trempat