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brave
[ breyv ]
adjective
- possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
Synonyms: heroic, dauntless, daring, intrepid, bold
Antonyms: cowardly
- making a fine appearance.
- Archaic. excellent; fine; admirable.
noun
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- to meet or face courageously:
to brave misfortunes.
- Obsolete. to make splendid.
verb (used without object)
- Obsolete. to boast; brag.
brave
/ breɪv /
adjective
- having or displaying courage, resolution, or daring; not cowardly or timid
- ( as collective noun preceded by the )
the brave
- fine; splendid
a brave attempt
a brave sight
- archaic.excellent or admirable
noun
- a warrior of a Native American tribe
- an obsolete word for bully 1
verb
- 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
Sensitive Note
Derived Forms
- ˈbraveness, noun
- ˈbravery, noun
- ˈbravely, adverb
Other Words From
- 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
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of brave1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
What I had “on the girls” were some remarkably brave first-person accounts.
“He was a brave field commander and an expert in intelligence, and in organizing popular and tribal forces,” said the eulogist.
But what he did was reasonably brave and freighted with all the symbolism of which he was well aware.
These brave souls took an icy dip in the ocean to ring in 2015 and raise money for charity.
Or you may not have many—or any—friends, recasting your social exclusion as brave defiance of social norms.
Nogués and his brave lads have done their bit indeed for the glory of the Army of France.
Its record is largely that of battles and sieges, of the brave adventure of discovery and the vexed slaughter of the nations.
I feel proud and happy to shelter beneath my roof any of our valued and brave allies.
A few words explained his errand; but the brave Englishman would hardly hear it to the end.
Then the friars call the natives Spaniards and the military officers own us as their sons and they dub us brave soldiers.
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