fearless
[feer-lis]
- without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.
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Origin of fearless
Synonym study
See brave.
Antonyms
cowardly.
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Examples from the Web for fearless
Contemporary Examples
Its fearless creator opens up about the hilarious new season.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISISMarlow Stern
January 8, 2015
It was fearless and raunchy and fun and ridiculous and weird and feminist and powerful.
Bow Down, Bitches: How Beyoncé Turned an Elevator Brawl Into a Perfect YearKevin Fallon
December 31, 2014
Along the way, she discovers the fearless warrior that her mother knew was inside her all along.
Exclusive: The Making of Reese Witherspoon’s Golden Globe-Nominated ‘Wild’Marlow Stern
December 12, 2014
To be honest I am freaking out that I spoke, [but] I hadn't spoken to my parents for a week and I was fearless.
Moran does so with fearless honesty and bravura, but admits she was wary about oversharing when she wrote How to Be a Woman.
Historical Examples
She advanced, I cannot say fearless, but therefore only the more brave.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
So fearless were they, that they made nothing of creeping in among the folds of his garments.
Tanglewood TalesNathaniel Hawthorne
She noted his fearless poise, and she saw the gallant spirit in his eye.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
Only her eyes were unchanged, the laughing, fearless eyes of old.
The Slave Of The LampHenry Seton Merriman
Quinn was fearless, daring, indefatigable; but Quinn was not Ferry.
The CavalierGeorge Washington Cable
Word Origin and History for fearless
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper