a00262792
type | a |
lex_filenum | 00 |
def | possessing or displaying courage |
def | able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching |
examples | 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 |
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Also see | adventurous, adventuresome; bold; resolute; unafraid(p), fearless |
Attribute | courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness |
Derivationally related form | courageous → courage |
Derivationally related form | courageous → courageousness |
Derivationally related form | brave → braveness |
Antonym | brave → cowardly |
Similar to | desperate, heroic; gallant; game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky; lionhearted; stalwart, stouthearted; undaunted; valiant, valorous |
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Also see | adventurous, adventuresome; unafraid(p), fearless; bold; resolute |
Similar to | desperate, heroic; gallant; game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky; lionhearted; stalwart, stouthearted; undaunted; valiant, valorous |
Antonym | cowardly → brave |
Derived from adjective | courageously → courageous |
Derived from adjective | bravely → brave |
Derivationally related form | braveness → brave |
Derivationally related form | courageousness → courageous |
Derivationally related form | courage → courageous |
Attribute | courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness |
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