possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
making a fine appearance.
Archaic. excellent; fine; admirable.
noun
a brave person.
a warrior, especially among North American Indian tribes.
Obsolete.
a bully.
a boast or challenge.
verb (used with object),braved,brav·ing.
to meet or face courageously: to brave misfortunes.
to defy; challenge; dare.
Obsolete. to make splendid.
verb (used without object),braved,brav·ing.
Obsolete. to boast; brag.
Origin of brave
1475–85; <Middle French <Spanish bravo (>Italian ) <Vulgar Latin *brabus for Latin barbarusbarbarous
SYNONYMS FOR brave
1 bold, intrepid, daring, dauntless, heroic.
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ANTONYMS FOR brave
1 cowardly.
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synonym study for brave
1. Brave,courageous,valiant,fearless,gallant refer to confident bearing in the face of difficulties or dangers. Brave is the most comprehensive: it is especially used of that confident fortitude or daring that actively faces and endures anything threatening. Courageous implies a higher or nobler kind of bravery, especially as resulting from an inborn quality of mind or spirit that faces or endures perils or difficulties without fear and even with enthusiasm. Valiant implies a correspondence between an inner courageousness and external deeds, particularly of physical strength or endurance. Fearless implies unflinching spirit and coolness in the face of danger. Gallant implies a chivalrous, impetuous, or dashing bravery.
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.
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Finally, some brave producers have started to schedule holiday releases.
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If you’re brave enough, put yourself in Terence Davis’s shoes.
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“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.
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Many 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.
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“He was a brave field commander and an expert in intelligence, and in organizing popular and tribal forces,” said the eulogist.
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These brave souls took an icy dip in the ocean to ring in 2015 and raise money for charity.
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Or you may not have many—or any—friends, recasting your social exclusion as brave defiance of social norms.
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God help us, it all took place on our taxpayer dime, all in the name of defending the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.
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Time was suspended as the world watched and waited for news about the young, brave girl from the Swat Valley.
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Was I brave enough to join the venture and risk the after-part?
The Haunts of Old Cockaigne|Alex Thompson
But the youth is young, brave, and should live in honor and high promotion.
The War Tiger|Wiliam Dalton
The little Robins were not brave enough to tell what they had done.
Dooryard Stories|Clara Dillingham Pierson
No man is brave in presence of an earthquake, or a bursting boiler, or an exploding torpedo.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth|Jules Verne
He met his end like a brave man in the great October gale which all of us remember.
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British Dictionary definitions for brave
brave
/ (breɪv) /
adjective
having or displaying courage, resolution, or daring; not cowardly or timid
(as collective noun preceded by the)the brave
fine; splendida brave sight; a brave attempt
archaicexcellent or admirable
noun
a warrior of a Native American tribe
an obsolete word for bully 1
verb(tr)
to dare or defyto brave the odds
to confront with resolution or courageto brave the storm
obsoleteto make splendid, esp in dress
Derived forms of brave
bravely, adverbbraveness, nounbravery, noun
Word Origin for brave
C15: from French, from Italian bravo courageous, wild, perhaps ultimately from Latin barbarusbarbarous