Synonyms of the word

brave

• adj. Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
• adj. (obsolete) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.
• adj. Making a fine show or display.
• n. (dated, possibly offensive) A Native American warrior.
• n. (obsolete) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
• n. (obsolete) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
• v. (transitive) To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To adorn; to make fine or showy.

adventuresome

• adj. Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.

adventurous

• adj. (of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise;…
• adj. (of an act or product) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash.

audacious

• adj. Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
• adj. Impudent.

bold

• n. (obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
• adj. Courageous, daring.
• adj. (typography, of typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
• adj. Presumptuous.
• adj. (Ireland) naughty, insolent, badly-behaved.
• adj. Full-bodied.
• adj. (Philippine English) naked, pornographic.
• v. (transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make bold or daring.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become bold.

colorful

• adj. Possessing prominent and varied colors.
• adj. Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
• adj. (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).

colourful

• adj. British spelling standard spelling of colorful.

courageous

• adj. Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.
• adj. Of an action, that requires courage.

dauntless

• adj. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.

defy

• n. (obsolete) A challenge.
• v. To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
• v. To challenge (someone) to do something difficult or impossible.
• v. To refuse to obey.
• v. To not conform to or follow a pattern, set of rules or expectations.

desperate

• adj. Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.
• adj. Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.
• adj. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.
• adj. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.
• adj. Extremely intense.
• adj. In need of something very much.

endure

• v. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
• v. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
• v. (intransitive) To last.
• v. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under…
• v. (transitive) To suffer patiently.
• v. (obsolete) To indurate.

fearless

• adj. Without fear.

gallant

• adj. Brave, valiant.
• adj. Honorable.
• adj. Grand, noble.
• adj. (obsolete) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
• adj. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
• n. (dated) Fashionable young man, who is polite and attentive to women.
• n. One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
• n. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
• n. (nautical) topgallant.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To attend or wait on (a lady).
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To handle with grace or in a modish manner.

game

• n. A playful or competitive activity.
• n. (countable) A video game.
• n. (countable, informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
• n. (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
• n. (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
• n. (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
• n. (uncountable, informal, used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
• n. (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.
• adj. (colloquial) Willing to participate.
• adj. (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded,…
• adj. Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
• adj. Injured, lame (of a limb).
• v. (intransitive) To gamble.
• v. (intransitive) To play video games and be a gamer.
• v. (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit…
• v. (transitive, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

gamey

• adj. Having the smell, taste and texture of consumed game (meat).
• adj. Plucky, spirited or gritty.
• adj. Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive.

gamy

• adj. Alternative spelling of gamey.

gay

• adj. (dated) Happy, joyful, and lively.
• adj. (dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.
• adj. (obsolete) Sexually promiscuous (of either gender).
• adj. Homosexual.
• adj. A pejorative.
• adj. (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
• n. (chiefly in plural or attributive) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.
• n. (obsolete) An ornament.
• v. (transitive, dated, uncommon) To make happy or cheerful.
• v. (transitive, uncommon) To cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people.
• n. The letter —, which stands for the sound /ɡ/, in Pitman shorthand.

gritty

• adj. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
• adj. Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
• adj. (film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic, especially if violent.

heroic

• adj. Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
• adj. Courageous; displaying heroism.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

intrepid

• adj. Fearless; bold; brave.

lionhearted

• adj. Brave, courageous.

mettlesome

• adj. Marked by mettle or bravery; courageous.

people

• n. Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two…
• n. (countable) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group,…
• n. A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
• n. One's colleagues or employees.
• n. A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
• n. The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the…
• n. plural of person.
• v. (transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
• v. (intransitive) To become populous or populated.
• v. (transitive) To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

resolute

• adj. Firm, unyielding, determined.
• adj. (obsolete) Convinced; satisfied; sure.

spirited

• v. simple past tense and past participle of spirit.
• adj. Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.

spunky

• adj. Spirited or plucky.
• adj. (Britain) Pertaining to or like spunk (semen).
• adj. (Britain) Stained with semen.

stalwart

• adj. Firmly built.
• adj. Courageous.
• n. one who has a strong build.
• n. one who firmly supports a cause.
• n. a dependable person.

stouthearted

• adj. Brave, courageous and plucky.
• adj. Stubborn, resolute.

unafraid

• adj. Not afraid.

undaunted

• adj. Showing courage and resolution.
• adj. Not shaken, discouraged or disheartened.

unfearing

• adj. Without fearing.

valiant

• adj. Showing courage or determination; heroic.
• n. A person who acts with valor, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger.

valorous

• adj. Having or displaying valour.

warrior

• n. A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
• n. (figuratively) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such…

weather

• n. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative…
• n. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
• n. (nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
• n. (countable, figuratively) A situation.
• n. (obsolete) A storm; a tempest.
• n. (obsolete) A light shower of rain.
• v. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
• v. (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
• v. To breakdown, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature,…
• v. (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
• v. (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
• v. (falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.

withstand

• v. To resist or endure (something) successfully.
• v. To oppose (something) forcefully.