Synonyms for brass
bræs, brɑsbrass

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1. brass

   Audacity, in the sense here considered, is a reckless defiance of law, decency, public opinion, or personal rights, claims, or views, approaching the meaning of impudence or shamelessness, but always carrying the thought of the personal risk that one disregards in such defiance; the merely impudent or shameless person may take no thought of consequences; the audacious person recognizes and recklessly braves them. Hardihood defies and disregards the rational judgment of men. Effrontery (Latin effrons, barefaced, shameless) adds to audacity and hardihood the special element of defiance of considerations of propriety, duty, and respect for others, yet not to the extent implied in impudence or shamelessness. Impudence disregards what is due to superiors; shamelessness defies decency. Boldness is forward-stepping courage, spoken of with reference to the presence and observation of others; boldness, in the good sense, is courage viewed from the outside; but the word is frequently used in an unfavorable sense to indicate a lack of proper sensitiveness and modesty. Compare ASSURANCE; BRAVE.

   Synonyms:
   assurance, audacity, boldness, effrontery, hardihood, impudence, insolence, shamelessness

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, coyness, diffidence, modesty, sensitiveness, shrinking, shyness, timidity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brassnoun

   an alloy of copper and zinc

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

2. brass, brass instrumentnoun

   a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

3. administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisationnoun

   the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

   "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"

   Synonyms:
   brass section, arrangement, constitution, establishment, memorial tablet, organization, judicature, presidency, system, presidential term, face, ecesis, governance, governing body, plaque, governing, disposal, validation, giving medication, government activity, boldness, formation, administration, cheek, brass instrument, government, nerve, organisation, institution

4. boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheeknoun

   impudent aggressiveness

   "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

   Synonyms:
   font, look, case, hardiness, nervus, aspect, administration, cheek, strikingness, boldness, fount, buttock, impudence, governing body, hardihood, nerve, plaque, daring, facial expression, brass section, side, organization, grimace, heart, memorial tablet, spunk, face, organisation, mettle, expression, governance, brass instrument, human face, establishment, typeface, impertinence

5. brassnoun

   an ornament or utensil made of brass

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

6. brass section, brassnoun

   the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, brass section, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, organisation, brass instrument, administration

7. brass, memorial tablet, plaquenoun

   a memorial made of brass

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

Matched Categories

1. • Body
   • Copper-base Alloy
   • Decoration
   • Memorial

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brassnoun

   Synonyms:
   alloy of copper and zinc

2. brassnoun

   Synonyms:
   assurance, boldness, pertness, effrontery, presumption, audacity, forwardness, face, front, CHEEK

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1. brassnoun

   Synonyms:
   impudence, insolence, temerity, effrontery, audacity

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1. List of paraphrases for "brass":

   bronze, copper, illegal

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How to use brass in a sentence?

1. Don Blankenship:

   I have an issue when the father-in-law is a wealthy Chinaperson. There's a lot of connections to some of the brass, if you will, in China.

2. Hugh Young:

   No one should be under any illusion that it’s as simple as moving a brass plate from one city to another. It is far more complex than that and involves local, regional and global regulatory frameworks, costs and the future strategic shape of HSBC.

3. Sir Thomas Beecham:

   Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.

4. Daniel Webster:

   If we work upon marble, it will perish if we work upon brass, time will efface it if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust but if we work upon immortal minds and instill into them just principles, we are then engraving that upon tablets which no time will efface, but will brighten and brighten to all eternity.

5. Andrew Lloyd Webber:

   My anthem includes words slightly adapted from Psalm 98. I have scored it for the Westminster Abbey choir and organ, the ceremonial brass and orchestra, i hope my anthem reflects this joyful occasion.