Synonyms for courageous
kəˈreɪ dʒəscoura·geous

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1. courageousadjective

   Synonyms:
   heroic, hardy, valorous, brave, bold

2. courageousadjective

   Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.

   the most courageous man I have ever met

   Synonyms:
   hardy, valorous, brave, bold, heroic

3. courageousadjective

   Of an action, that requires courage.

   a courageous deed

   Synonyms:
   brave, hardy, bold, heroic, valorous

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1. courageous

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

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

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1. 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, brave, dauntless, gay, intrepid, unfearing, fearless, braw, audacious

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1. courageousadjective

   Synonyms:
   fearless (from reflection or a sense of duty), BRAVE, gallant, daring, valorous, chivalrous, valiant, bold, heroic, intrepid, dauntless, resolute, hardy, stout, lion-hearted, with a bold front, UP TO THE SCRATCH

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1. courageousadjective

   Synonyms:
   intrepid, brave, heroic, gallant, hardy, bold, fearless, valiant, valorous, dauntless, chivalrous, plucky, daring, lion-hearted

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1. List of paraphrases for "courageous":

   brave, bold, valiant, daring, audacious, fearless, courage, heroic, gutsy

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How to use courageous in a sentence?

1. Bernie Sanders:

   Tonight, many of us are going to give our support to a candidate for president who has done more than any other candidate in living memory to bring together the disenfranchised, the hungry, the poor, the workers who are being thrown out of their decent-paying jobs and the farmers who are being thrown off of their land, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to place for nomination this evening the name of one of the great leaders of our time and a man who has waged the most courageous and exciting political campaigns in the modern history of this nation. I place for nomination, with a great deal of personal pride, the name of Jesse Jackson.

2. Chris Young:

   Chris Young chose a courageous act of leaving the stage and said,' I don't want to play in this play anymore. This theater, this act that y' all have going on, it's inhumane, and it's wrong.' And I always will respect and admire Chris Young for that.

3. Hakeem Jeffries:

   President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine been brave and courageous, and they are engaged in leading the struggle between democracy and autocracy, between freedom and tyranny, between truth and propaganda.

4. The Cleveland Cavaliers:

   He's a courageous kid that plays right, he played big tonight, and we needed him to.

5. Thornton Wilder:

   Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.