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brave

/bɹeɪv/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable

Brave means: possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching.

Synonyms for brave46

verb, as in face and withstand with courage

weather, endure, brave out

adjective, as in possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching

courageous, desperate, heroic, gallant, game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky, lionhearted, stalwart, stouthearted
and 9 more, undaunted, valiant, valorous, adventurous, adventuresome, bold, resolute, unafraid, fearless

adjective, as in invulnerable to fear or intimidation

audacious, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing, bold

adjective, as in brightly colored and showy

braw, gay, colorful, colourful

also used for brave

daring, doughty, orped, resilient, plucky, aweless, bad, brass-balled, chivalrous, daredevil, fortitudinous

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Opposites of brave

cowardly, timid

What does brave mean?6

adjective

1

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”

2

invulnerable to fear or intimidation“audacious explorers”

3

brightly colored and showy“girls decked out in brave new dresses”

verb

1

face and withstand with courage“She braved the elements”

noun

1

a North American Indian warrior

2

people who are brave“the home of the free and the brave”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with brave?17

one syllable

two syllables

behaveforgaveconcave
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Brave in a sentence

  • Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.shekitten
  • He appears brave, but it's just an act.CK
  • Brave man as he was, he recoiled at the sight.unknown
  • She was brave and cheerful, and always made little of her troubles.unknown
  • He is strong, brave and, above all, kind.CM
  • The future does not belong to the faint-hearted, it belongs to the brave.Clavain
  • Robinson is a practical, rational and brave man.unknown
  • Brave people feel fear, but that doesn't stop them.Source_VOA

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Forms of brave

as a noun

plural
braves

as a verb

past tense
braved
present participle
braving
third-person singular
braves
past participle
braved

as a adjective

comparative
braver
superlative
bravest