brave

/bɹˈeɪv/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

1. possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching- Herman Melville- William Wordsworth
   “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”

Synonyms for brave

• courageous
• desperate
• gallant
• game
• lionhearted
• stalwart
• undaunted
• valiant
• audacious
• dauntless
• fearless
• hardy
• intrepid
• unfearing
• bold
• braw
• gay
• colorful
• weather
• endure
• brave out

Antonyms of brave

• cowardly
• timid

Words that rhyme with brave

• wave
• save
• grave
• shave
• rave
• stave
• engrave
• slave
• behave
• cave
• lave
• microwave
• architrave
• autoclave
• crave
• knave
• margrave
• pave
• waive
• airwave
• concave
• conclave
• deprave
• enclave
• enslave
• landgrave
• misbehave
• nave
• aftershave
• belgrave