Antonyms for DARE
dɛərdare

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. dare

   Antonyms:
   shrink, shun, dread, cower

   Synonyms:
   venture, face, brave, hazard, risk, defy, challenge

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Challenge

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. dare, daringverb

   a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

   "he could never refuse a dare"

   Synonyms:
   dare, boldness, daring, hardihood, hardiness

2. make bold, dare, presumeverb

   take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission

   "How dare you call my lawyer?"

   Synonyms:
   dare, take for granted, presume, defy, assume, make bold

3. dareverb

   to be courageous enough to try or do something

   "I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others"

   Synonyms:
   presume, defy, make bold

4. defy, dareverb

   challenge

   "I dare you!"

   Synonyms:
   defy, hold up, refuse, make bold, dare, presume, withstand, resist, hold

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. darenoun

   Synonyms:
   defiance, provocation, challenge

2. dareverb

   Synonyms:
   venture, presume, defy, challenge, stump

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. DARE

   Synonyms:
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How to use DARE in a sentence?

1. John Lancaster Spalding:

   The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is.

2. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Fear is a perception to dare but not to scare.

3. Horace, Epistles:

   He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!

4. Theodore Roosevelt:

   Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

5. Donna Rotunno:

   I knew that being a woman at this sort of crossroads in history with MeToo and Times Up, I knew that my role in it would be different than that of a male lawyer, people say well wait, you're going against your gender or how dare you. But to me, there's something bigger than our gender and that's our rights.

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