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
We have seen enough of this brave new approach among pharma companies, however, to think their collective action over the past three-quarters of a year might actually change the world, or save part of it.
‘The whole world is coming together’: How the race for a COVID vaccine is revolutionizing Big Pharma | cleaf2013 | September 21, 2020 | FortuneFinally, some brave producers have started to schedule holiday releases.
If you’re brave enough, put yourself in Terence Davis’s shoes.
Give Boston’s Kemba Walker A Double Pick And Watch Him Work | Michael Pina | August 31, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight“You can make sure that when you are talking about de-escalation, you are brave enough to discuss the circumstances where it doesn’t go in a way that feels incredibly neat, where it feels incredibly easy to deal with,” said Cabral.
By being too customer-obsessed, DTC startups are failing their retail employees | Anna Hensel | August 21, 2020 | DigidayMany of the brave and caring staff in these nursing homes become infected, likely because of the intensity of this higher R0 and their exposure time with residents.
Failure To Count COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths Could Dramatically Skew US Numbers | LGBTQ-Editor | April 27, 2020 | No Straight News
What I had “on the girls” were some remarkably brave first-person accounts.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 | Vicky Ward | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“He was a brave field commander and an expert in intelligence, and in organizing popular and tribal forces,” said the eulogist.
What an Iranian Funeral Tells Us About the Wars in Iraq | IranWire | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut what he did was reasonably brave and freighted with all the symbolism of which he was well aware.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game | Michael Tomasky | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThese brave souls took an icy dip in the ocean to ring in 2015 and raise money for charity.
Diving Into 2015 With Polar Bear Plunge Extremists | James Joiner | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOr 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.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonIts record is largely that of battles and sieges, of the brave adventure of discovery and the vexed slaughter of the nations.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockI 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.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThen the friars call the natives Spaniards and the military officers own us as their sons and they dub us brave soldiers.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
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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