Synonyms for brave
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1. braveadjective

   Synonyms:
   resilient, doughty, courageous, stalwart

   Antonyms:
   cowardly, mean, fearful, weak

2. braveadjective

   A Native American warrior.

   Synonyms:
   resilient, courageous, doughty, stalwart

   Antonyms:
   mean, cowardly, weak, fearful

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. 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.

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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"

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

   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

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

   invulnerable to fear or intimidation

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

   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

   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

5. 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"

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

   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

6. weather, endure, brave, brave outverb

   face and withstand with courage

   "She braved the elements"

   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

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Warrior

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bloomingdale's

   super fellows who r always joking

   anand is a bloomingdales fellow

   Submitted by 6a222021 on August 11, 2020  

2. brazer

   when someone is bold

   Submitted by anonymous on December 17, 2019  

3. ruby bridges

   she was brave my going into an all-white school.

   "ruby, you are so brave"

   Submitted by enewell on October 10, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. braveadjective

   Synonyms:
   fearless (from temperament), COURAGEOUS, intrepid, daring, undaunted, dauntless, valiant, bold, chivalrous, chivalric, gallant, valorous, doughty, heroic, spartan, lion-hearted

2. bravenoun

   Synonyms:
   [Rare.] bully, hector, blusterer

3. bravenoun

   Synonyms:
   indian warrior

4. braveverb

   Synonyms:
   defy, dare, challenge, set at defiance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. braveadjective

   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

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

2. braveverb

   Synonyms:
   defy, dare, beard

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "brave":

   courageous, bold, valiant, fearless, valiente, gallant, bravery, daring, vaillant, courage, heroic, feisty, gutsy, audacious, good

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1. Maria Baronova:

   This woman is brave, and believe me, it’s not easy to be this brave because she may not find another job … the Russian government is very oppressive in terms of the media and they can come after her.

2. Ayaan Hirsi Ali:

   I feel massive gratitude, i find Eric Schmidt to be incredibly brave when so few people, especially in Eric Schmidt league, make this choice. I think Eric Schmidt has a very sound understanding of the creed of liberalism.

3. Horace, Odes:

   Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept, unknown, because they lack a sacred poet.

4. Mike Burnstold:

   So, it is the fact that she was, you know, brave enough to volunteer for all these things [that] speaks volumes -- we think -- to her dedication to the nation, to the unit and to the Army.

5. John Bunyan:

   Faithful: What! why he (Shame) objected against religion itself; he said it was a pitiful, low, sneaking business for a man to mind religion; he said that a tender conscious was an unmanly thing; and that for a man to watch over his words and ways, so as to tie himself up from that hectoring liberty that the brave spirits of the times accustom themselves unto, would make him the ridicule of the times.”