brave

  • (a) 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
    courageous,
  • (s) invulnerable to fear or intimidation
    • audacious explorers
    • fearless reporters and photographers
    • intrepid pioneers
    audacious, dauntless, intrepid, unfearing, fearless, hardy,
  • (s) 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
    braw, gay,

Nouns

  • (n) a North American Indian warrior
  • (n) people who are brave
    • the home of the free and the brave

Verbs

Synonyms

brave out weather endure courageous audacious dauntless intrepid unfearing fearless hardy braw gay

Antonyms

cowardly fearful cautious timid

See also

adventuresome adventurous bold resolute fearless unafraid

Words of close approximity

bravo
brad brae brag bran brat braw bray
brace bract Brady Braga Brage Bragg Bragi Brahe braid brail brain brake braky Brama brand brant brash brass Braun bravo brawl brawn braze
bravely braveness brave out bravery