Word Meanings - BRAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Sp. bravo, fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See 1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act. 2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous.
Additional info about word: BRAVE
Sp. bravo, fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See 1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act. 2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. Bacon. It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. Pepys. 3. Making a fine show or display. Wear my dagger with the braver grace. Shak. For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In silks I'll rattle it of every color. Robert Greene. Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in his golden spots. Emerson. Syn. -- Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold; heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous; high-spirited; stout- hearted. See Gallant.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BRAVE)
- Adventurous
- Bold
- brave
- daring
- enterprising
- courageous
- gallant
- fearless
- venturesome
- rash
- chivalrous
- hazardous
- Challenge Defy
- summon
- dare
- question
- investigate
- canvass
- Dare
- Venture
- face
- hazard
- risk
- defy
- challenge
- Daring
- dashing
- bold
- dauntless
- foolhardy
- intrepid
- valorous
- Dashing
- showy
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of BRAVE)
- Pretermit
- allow
- ignore
- disregard
- admit
- pass
- misexamine
- misinvestigate
- Pass
- grant
- concede
- Dictate
- state
- assert
- pronounce
- enunciate
- endorse
- affirm
Related words: (words related to BRAVE)
- DISREGARDFULLY
Negligently; heedlessly. - ENTERPRISER
One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward. - DARKEN
Etym: 1. To make dark or black; to deprite of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. Milton. - STATESMANLIKE
Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman. - HAZARDIZE
A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser. - ADMITTER
One who admits. - FOOLHARDY
Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell. Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash. - STATEHOOD
The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood. - VALOROUS
Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid. -- Val"or*ous*ly, adv. - ENDORSER
See INDORSER - AFFIRMATIVELY
In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively. - DARREIN
Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance. - ASSERT
self, claim, maintain; ad + serere to join or bind together. See 1. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to - VENTURESOME
Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n. - INTREPIDLY
In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely. - DARKNESS
1. The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom. And darkness was upon the face of the deep. Gen. i. 2. 2. A state of privacy; secrecy. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light. Matt. x. 27. 3. A state of ignorance or - ALLOWEDLY
By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone. - GALLANTLY
In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer. - DARING
Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act. - DASHER
1. That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn. 2. A dashboard or splashboard. 3. One who makes an ostentatious parade. - CREBRICOSTATE
Marked with closely set ribs or ridges. - DISVENTURE
A disadventure. Shelton. - DENUNCIATE
To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly. To denunciate this new work. Burke. - CALLOW
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play . - HALLOW
To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed - SAGEBRUSH STATE
Nevada; -- a nickname. - THRYFALLOW
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser. - OLD LINE STATE
Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line. - ENSTATE
See INSTATE - SOLIDARE
A small piece of money. Shak. - PANDARISM
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