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braveadjective

Antonyms:
cowardly, mean, fearful, weak

Synonyms:
resilient, doughty, courageous, stalwart
braveadjective

A Native American warrior.

Synonyms:
resilient, courageous, doughty, stalwart

Antonyms:
mean, cowardly, weak, fearful

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brave

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. The daring step out to defy danger; the dauntless will not flinch before anything that may come to them; the doughty will give and take limitless hard knocks. The adventurous find something romantic in dangerous enterprises; the venturesome may be simply heedless, reckless, or ignorant. All great explorers have been adventurous; children, fools, and criminals are venturesome. The fearless and intrepid possess unshaken nerves in any place of danger. Courageous is more than brave, adding a moral element: the courageous man steadily encounters perils to which he may be keenly sensitive, at the call of duty; the gallant are brave in a dashing, showy, and splendid way; the valiant not only dare great dangers, but achieve great results; the heroic are nobly daring and dauntless, truly chivalrous, sublimely courageous. Compare FORTITUDE.

Antonyms:
afraid, cowardly, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, pusillanimous, shrinking, timid, timorous

Synonyms:
adventurous, bold, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome

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bravenoun

a North American Indian warrior

Antonyms:
cautious, timid, colorless, fearful, chicken, yellow-bellied, unmanly, poor-spirited, poltroon, craven, yellow, pusillanimous, fainthearted, dastardly, colourless, white-livered, faint-hearted, funky, caitiff, faint, chickenhearted, recreant, dastard(a), cowardly, lily-livered
braveadjective

people who are brave

«the home of the free and the brave»

Antonyms:
cautious, timid, fainthearted, colorless, faint-hearted, colourless, yellow, chicken, funky, craven, white-livered, yellow-bellied, dastard(a), unmanly, fearful, cowardly, dastardly, recreant, faint, lily-livered, caitiff, poltroon, chickenhearted, poor-spirited, pusillanimous
brave, courageousadjective

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; «a frank courageous heart…triumphed over pain»- William Wordsworth; «set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory»

Antonyms:
cautious, timid, poltroon, colorless, fainthearted, recreant, dastard(a), colourless, dastardly, poor-spirited, craven, yellow, chicken, lily-livered, funky, fearful, yellow-bellied, pusillanimous, cowardly, caitiff, white-livered, faint, unmanly, faint-hearted, chickenhearted

Synonyms:
hardy, dauntless, courageous, gay, intrepid, unfearing, fearless, braw, audacious
audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearingadjective

invulnerable to fear or intimidation

«audacious explorers»; «fearless reporters and photographers»; «intrepid pioneers»

Antonyms:
timid, cautious, dastardly, cowardly, chicken, pusillanimous, colourless, fainthearted, yellow-bellied, fearful, faint, poltroon, yellow, dastard(a), poor-spirited, colorless, chickenhearted, recreant, white-livered, lily-livered, caitiff, unmanly, craven, faint-hearted, funky

Synonyms:
unfearing, venturous, intrepid, courageous, bald-faced, bodacious, braw, unafraid(p), barefaced, brassy, stout, brazen-faced, gay, daring, sturdy, venturesome, insolent, stalwart, fearless, hardy, dauntless, audacious, brazen
brave, braw, gayverb

brightly colored and showy

«girls decked out in brave new dresses»; «brave banners flying»; «`braw’ is a Scottish word»; «a dress a bit too gay for her years»; «birds with gay plumage»

Antonyms:
cautious, timid, recreant, faint-hearted, colorless, dastardly, funky, colourless, poltroon, chicken, yellow, lily-livered, yellow-bellied, dastard(a), white-livered, craven, pusillanimous, caitiff, chickenhearted, fainthearted, unmanly, poor-spirited, cowardly, faint, fearful

Synonyms:
unfearing, intrepid, jocund, jovial, festive, courageous, homophile(a), braw, sunny, gay, audacious, cheery, mirthful, merry, fearless, hardy, dauntless, festal, jolly
weather, endure, brave, brave outverb

face and withstand with courage

«She braved the elements»

Antonyms:
timid, cautious, faint-hearted, cowardly, unmanly, chickenhearted, caitiff, faint, yellow-bellied, poltroon, white-livered, lily-livered, colourless, colorless, recreant, chicken, craven, poor-spirited, dastard(a), pusillanimous, fearful, yellow, fainthearted, funky, dastardly

Synonyms:
go, live, put up, stand, last, brave out, support, hold up, hold out, persist, stomach, digest, suffer, live on, brook, prevail, stick out, run, tolerate, wear, endure, survive, bear, abide, weather, die hard

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braveadjective

Antonyms:
craven, timorous, cowardly, recreant, pusillanimous, cowardly

Synonyms:
intrepid, courageous, valiant, daring, bold, valorous, chivalrous, fearless, adventurous, dauntless, doughty, gallant, heroic, mettlesome, undaunted, venturesome, lion-hearted, manly, unafraid, plucky, showy, effective, striking
braveverb

Synonyms:
defy, dare, beard

How to use brave in a sentence?

Homer, The Iliad:

Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike.
Mark Twain:

The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.
Sallust, Roman historian and politician (c. 86-c. 35 B.C.):

Necessity makes even the timid brave.
Brandon Brundidge:

I thought, why all of a sudden is my son so brave ? these are my fans.
Brene Brown:

Only when we’re brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

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1. brave

adjective. [‘ˈbreɪv’] possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching.

Antonyms

timid
irresolute
afraid
unadventurous
cowardice
cowardly
fear

Synonyms

courageousness
desperate
stouthearted
valiant
bravery

Etymology

brave (English)
brave (French)

2. brave

adjective. [‘ˈbreɪv’] invulnerable to fear or intimidation.

Antonyms

timid
faintheartedness
fearfulness
hopeful
safe
noncritical
beseeching

Synonyms

audacious
hardy
fearless
unfearing
dauntless

Etymology

brave (English)
brave (French)

3. brave

verb. [‘ˈbreɪv’] face and withstand with courage.

Antonyms

unenthusiastic
spiritless
unanimated
unsexy
fragrant
timidity
backward

Synonyms

endure
brave out
weather
hold
defy

Etymology

brave (English)
brave (French)

4. brave

noun. [‘ˈbreɪv’] people who are brave.

Antonyms

timid
cautious

Synonyms

people

Etymology

brave (English)
brave (French)

5. brave

noun. [‘ˈbreɪv’] a North American Indian warrior.

Antonyms

dull
lethargic

Synonyms

warrior

Etymology

brave (English)
brave (French)

6. brave

adjective. [‘ˈbreɪv’] brightly colored and showy.

Antonyms

colourless
colorless
indecisive
purposeless
fine

Synonyms

colourful
gay
braw

Etymology

brave (English)
brave (French)

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as in courageous

feeling or displaying no fear by temperament

despite considerable risk to their own safety, the brave team of rescuers rushed into the collapsed building

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courageous
fearless
valiant
heroic
gallant
heroical
bold
adventurous
intrepid
dauntless
valorous
manful
gutsy
undaunted
foolish
lionhearted
stouthearted
daring
resolute
doughty
determined
impulsive
stalwart
stout
reckless
hardy
spirited
gutty
plucky
unflinching
undauntable
spunky
greathearted
game
undismayed
undeterred
adventuresome
mad
venturous
dashing
venturesome
foolhardy
audacious
unswerving
gritty
impetuous
unafraid
daredevil
Spartan
brazen
encouraged
mettlesome
lunatic
comforted
imprudent
hotheaded
thoughtless
insane
rash
incautious
wild
gamy
firm
emboldened
hasty
heedless
reassured
nutty
overconfident
crazy
brash
madcap
heartened
overbold
gamey
headlong
precipitate
half—witted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

coward
cowardly
timid
fearful
timorous
pusillanimous
scary
craven
yellow
spineless
gutless
fainthearted
unheroic
cautious
dastardly
careful
anxious
shy
nervous
afraid
apprehensive
diffident
ungallant
nerveless
frightened
prudent
spiritless
chicken
skittish
scared
terrified
mousy
mousey
uncourageous
unadventurous
lily—livered
startled
weakhearted
poltroon
upset
chickenhearted
poor—spirited
heedful
panicked
shocked
disturbed
spooked
unnerved
worried
milk—livered
agitated
horrified
weak
perturbed
concerned
disconcerted
dismayed
wimpy
disquieted
terrorized
chicken—livered
appalled
unmanly
panic—stricken

coward
cowardly
timid
fearful
timorous
pusillanimous
scary
craven
yellow
spineless
gutless
fainthearted
unheroic
cautious
dastardly
careful
anxious
shy
nervous
afraid
apprehensive
diffident
ungallant
nerveless
frightened
prudent
spiritless
chicken
skittish
scared
terrified
mousy
mousey
uncourageous
unadventurous
lily—livered
startled
weakhearted
poltroon
upset
chickenhearted
poor—spirited
heedful
panicked
shocked
disturbed
spooked
unnerved
worried
milk—livered
agitated
horrified
weak
perturbed
concerned
disconcerted
dismayed
wimpy
disquieted
terrorized
chicken—livered
appalled
unmanly
panic—stricken

as in wonderful

of the very best kind

the gourmet food shop is off to a brave start

Synonyms & Similar Words

wonderful
lovely
beautiful
excellent
awesome
great
terrific
fabulous
fantastic
superb
stellar
marvelous
hot
fine
cool
famous
prime
neat
noble
marvellous
classic
quality
splendid
choice
good
heavenly
keen
slick
grand
divine
sensational
cracking
radical
exceptional
sterling
fab
bully
righteous
frontline
swell
capital
superior
dandy
top
prize
banner
immense
brag
too much
superlative
crackerjack
mean
nifty
groovy
par excellence
decent
dynamite
gone
bonny
prizewinning
unsurpassed
boss
dope
wizard
peachy
topping
fantabulous
better
topflight
corking
number one
gangbusters
supernal
peachy keen
down
boffo
bumper
special
hype
adequate
primo
numero uno
first—rate
gangbuster
high—class
top—notch
acceptable
bonnie
tip—top
first—class
phat
bang—up
jim—dandy
blue—chip
out—of—sight
satisfactory
blue—ribbon
all right
top—of—the—line
first—string
A—OK
out of this world
top—shelf
fancy
five—star
traditional
tolerable
four—star
passable
classical
premium
gilt—edge
select
okay
gilt—edged
No. 1
A1
superfine
standard
OK
high—grade
high—test

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

poor
terrible
awful
pathetic
vile
wretched
lousy
atrocious
bad
rotten
execrable
unsatisfactory
inferior
substandard
mediocre
middling
low—grade
second—class
second—rate

poor
terrible
awful
pathetic
vile
wretched
lousy
atrocious
bad
rotten
execrable
unsatisfactory
inferior
substandard
mediocre
middling
low—grade
second—class
second—rate

brave

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verb

as in to confront

to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage

a soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue her wounded comrade

Synonyms & Similar Words

confront
face
dare
brazen
withstand
defy
beard
outbrave
breast
fight
encounter
resist
outface
challenge
stand up to
meet
stand
affront
front
approach
battle
accost
oppose
combat
face up (to)
repel
corner
contend (with)
square (off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

avoid
duck
shun
dodge
shirk
eschew
escape
evade
elude
sidestep
shake
funk

avoid
duck
shun
dodge
shirk
eschew
escape
evade
elude
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shake
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