brave
possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
making a fine appearance.
Archaic. excellent; fine; admirable.
the brave. (used with a plural verb) courageous people, collectively: the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Sometimes Offensive. a warrior, especially among North American Indian tribes.
Obsolete.
a bully.
a boast or challenge.
Obsolete. to make splendid.
Obsolete. to boast; brag.
Origin of brave
1synonym study For brave
usage note For brave
Other words for brave
Opposites for brave
Other words from brave
- brave·ly, adverb
- brave·ness, noun
- o·ver·brave, adjective
- o·ver·brave·ly, adverb
- o·ver·brave·ness, noun
- qua·si-brave, adjective
- qua·si-brave·ly, adverb
- su·per·brave, adjective
- su·per·brave·ly, adverb
- su·per·brave·ness, noun
- un·brave, adjective
- un·brave·ly, adverb
- un·brave·ness, noun
- un·braved, adjective
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How to use brave in a sentence
You want to be the brave person, who even in difficult circumstances, is looking for the causes of that difficulty and trying to find ways to get through it, as opposed to retreating.
Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar? (Ep. 445) | Stephen J. Dubner | December 24, 2020 | FreakonomicsHowever, as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán continues to assert control, Nagy also doesn’t spare criticism for the EU — which, she says, needs leaders willing to make “braver political decisions” with “real consequences.”
Models clearly still struggling to address these bias challenges get celebrated as breakthroughs, while people brave enough to speak up about the risk get silenced, or worse.
While braving the winter weather to attend an open house may not be your idea of a good time, this year presents a unique opportunity for holiday house hunters.
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Breakfast raving, or “Braving,” as it will no doubt become known, is set to get the whole world confident with dancing sober.
The Drug-Free Breakfast Rave Is New York’s Latest Exercise Trend | Jessica Burdon | May 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen Moore was little, the two would spend almost all of August at Disney World, braving the humidity and crowds.
‘Escape From Tomorrow’: Making Disney’s Worst Nightmare | Marlow Stern | October 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you thought this recent heat wave has been bad, try braving 1,800-degree temperatures with 4,350-mile-per-hour winds.
In this clip from 2005, Al Roker chats with Matt Lauer and Katie Couric while braving extreme rain and wind in Naples, Florida.
I grew up braving a pre-Disney Times Square, when its inhabitants were decidedly less PG than Snow White.
The Aurora Shooting Made One Prominent Hollywood Producer Too Scared to Go to The Multiplex | Rick Schwartz | August 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShe went up in the mornings to Madame Lebrun's room, braving the clatter of the old sewing-machine.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinAnd for a moment the respectable man was almost grand; a man-rock standing braving earth and heaven.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeWhat object can he possibly have in braving three times his force in a gale like this?
The Two Admirals | J. Fenimore CooperGallant gentlemen and delicate ladies braving rain and slosh.
The "Merrimac" slowed up her engines, as though to survey the strange antagonist thus braving her power.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.
British Dictionary definitions for brave
/ (breɪv) /
having or displaying courage, resolution, or daring; not cowardly or timid
(as collective noun preceded by the): the brave
fine; splendid: a brave sight; a brave attempt
archaic excellent or admirable
a warrior of a Native American tribe
an obsolete word for bully 1
to dare or defy: to brave the odds
to confront with resolution or courage: to brave the storm
obsolete to make splendid, esp in dress
Origin of brave
1Derived forms of brave
- bravely, adverb
- braveness, noun
- bravery, noun
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