Brave.
Synonyms:
| adventurous, | courageous, | fearless, | undaunted, |
| bold, | daring, | gallant, | undismayed, |
| chivalric, | dauntless, | heroic, | valiant, |
| chivalrous, | doughty, | intrepid, | venturesome. |
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.
Antonyms:
| afraid, | cringing, | fearful, | pusillanimous, | timid, |
| cowardly, | faint-hearted, | frightened, | shrinking, | timorous. |