brave
Noun · Verb · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (3)braver, bravest
- 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: courageousOpposite cowardlySimilar valiant, undaunted, gallant, desperate, stalwart, lionhearted, gameRelates to courage, courageousnessSee also adventurous, unafraid, bold, resolute
- invulnerable to fear or intimidation“audacious explorers”“fearless reporters and photographers”“intrepid pioneers”Synonyms: audaciousdauntlessfearlesshardyintrepidunfearingOpposite timidSimilar bold
- 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: brawgayOpposite colorless, colourlessSimilar colorful, colourful
Verb (1)braves, braved, braving
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Translations
Adjective strong in the face of fear
- Spanish
- valiente
- French
- courageux
- German
- tapfer
- Italian
- coraggioso
- Portuguese
- corajoso
- Turkish
- cesur
- Russian
- хра́брый xrábryj
- Arabic
- شُجَاع šujāʕ
- Chinese
- 勇敢 yǒnggǎn
- Dutch
- moedig
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- Polish
- odważny
- Swedish
- tapper
- Greek
- γενναίος gennaíos
- Korean
- 용감하다 yonggamhada
- Indonesian
- berani
- Vietnamese
- dũng cảm
- Hungarian
- bátor
- Portuguese (PT)
- bravo
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 勇敢 yǒnggǎn
- Albanian
- trim
- Catalan
- valent
- Czech
- statečný
- Danish
- modig
- Esperanto
- brava
- Estonian
- vapper
- Finnish
- rohkea
- Georgian
- გულოვანი gulovani
- Hebrew
- אַמִּיץ amitz
- Icelandic
- hugrakkur
- Latvian
- drošs
- Lithuanian
- drąsus
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- modig
- Romanian
- curajos
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- misneachail
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- hrabar
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- odvážny
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- pogumen
- Swahili
- jasiri
- Welsh
- dewr
- Yiddish
- מוטיק mutik
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. brave, It. or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See Barbarous, and cf. Bravo.
1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; — opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; — especially such as in conspicuous. Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.
Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall.— Pepys.
3. Making a fine show or display. archaic
Wear my dagger with the braver grace.— William Shakespeare
For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In silks I'll rattle it of every color.— Robert Greene
Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in his golden spots.— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Synonyms: Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold; heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous; high-spirited; stout-hearted. See Gallant.
1. A brave person; one who is daring.
The star-spangled banner, O,long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.— Francis Scott Key
2. Specifically, an Indian warrior.
3. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
Hot braves like thee may fight.— John Dryden
4. A challenge; a defiance; bravado. obsolete
Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; And so in this, to bear me down with braves.— William Shakespeare
1. To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.
These I can brave, but those I can not bear.— John Dryden
2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. obsolete
Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved.— William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54