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Antonyms for fearless
ˈfɪər lɪsfear·less

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. fearless

    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, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. unafraid(p), fearlessadjective

    oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them

    Antonyms:
    timid

  2. audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearingadjective

    invulnerable to fear or intimidation

    "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

    Antonyms:
    timid

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.5 / 2 votes

  1. fearlessadjective

    Synonyms:
    intrepid, courageous, bold, valorous, undaunted, unafraid, unflinching

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. trepidation

    alex was fearless because he does not have a fear there for he is fearless.

    Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use fearless in a sentence?

  1. Darren Beattie:

    In 2016 I attended the Mencken conference in question and delivered a stand-alone, academic talk titled' The Intelligentsia and the Right.' I said nothing objectionable and stand by my remarks completely, it was the honor of my life to serve in the Trump Administration. I love President Donald Trump, who is a fearless American hero, and continue to support him one hundred percent. I have no further comment.

  2. Purvi Raniga:

    Our internal strength is unbelievable. In life when we learn to become fearless, that’s when we start living the real life.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    Ellen woke up every day determined to make a difference, and make a difference she did. She was fearless, brilliant and bighearted.

  4. Ladd Everitt:

    It’s unsettling. It’s not in concert with his anti-corporate approach, we’re at a moment where we kind of need to be fearless.

  5. Mike Pompeo:

    The most important differences are that we were fearless about protecting America everywhere in the world. We wanted religious freedom to be one of the things we worked on deeply, they’ve chosen to lead with climate change.

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