outbrave

out·brave

verb \ˌau̇t-ˈbrāv\

Definition of OUTBRAVE

transitive verb

1

: to face or resist defiantly

2

: to exceed in courage

Examples of OUTBRAVE

1. <completing the survival course is largely a matter of one's willingness to outbrave both the elements and the specter of total isolation>

First Known Use of OUTBRAVE

1589

Related to OUTBRAVE

Synonyms: beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, dare, defy, face, outface

Antonyms: dodge, duck, funk, shirk, sidestep

Related Words: face up (to), front; affront; challenge; encounter, meet; accost, approach, corner; repel, resist, stand, withstand; battle, combat, contend (with), fight, oppose, square (off)

Near Antonyms: avoid, eschew, shun; elude, escape, evade, shake

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Rhymes with OUTBRAVE

airwave, behave, brain wave, cold wave, concave, conclave, deprave, dissave, drawshave, enclave, engrave, enslave, exclave, ground wave, heat wave, margrave, new wave, octave, Palgrave, palsgrave, shock wave, shortwave, sine wave, sky wave, sound wave, spokeshave, S wave, wage slave, white slave, Wind Cave