Synonyms for brave
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WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

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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How to use brave in a sentence?

1. E. M. Forster:

   I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

2. Cicero:

   Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

3. Aristotle:

   Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way...you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

4. Ellen DeGeneres:

   Wow, you're a brave man, you're a really brave man.

5. Cicero:

   Live as brave men and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.