BRAVURA Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

bravura

adjective

Definition of bravura next

as in virtuoso

accomplished with trained ability a truly bravura performance of the ballet that brought the crowd to its feet

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Recent Examples of bravura The most eye-catching part of his work is his bravura treatment of light and shadow, an aspect of the style known as preciosismo in Spanish, in which he was much influenced by Fortuny. —

Benjamin Lima special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026 Ford put in a bravura performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026 The many years spent pondering and preparing for a potential attack on Iran are the reason that the first days of the war were, for the most part, a bravura display of American power. —

Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026 But over-familiarity is, for the most part, swept away by a production of stunning, seductive imagination and bravura execution. —

Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026 The bravura production and costume design are respectively by Suzie Davies and Jacqueline Durran, both correctly tipping the outrageous into the tacky. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Featuring a bravura performance by Hawke, Blue Moon, Linklater’s ninth collaboration with the actor, presents an evening in the company of 5ft songwriter Lorenz Hart, seven months before his ultimately death aged just 48. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026 One day after Toronto displayed why its offense led all postseason teams in most hitting metrics in an 11-4 win, the Blue Jays were silenced by Yamamoto’s bravura pitching. —

Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2025 Tracy’s dialogue, though absent the staccato non sequiturs of the director’s earlier work, has a bracing nastiness; every visual flourish and every menacing thrum of the score, by Jerskin Fendrix, escalates the intensity of Stone and Plemons’s bravura showdown. —

Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025

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Slafkovský had two goals and an assist in a virtuoso performance, and Iowa Wild goaltender Samuel Hlavaj was sensational, stopping 39 of 40 shots, including an 18-save first period that gave his team belief that the improbable was possible.

— Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
McIntosh, a brilliant composer who has a sideline as a virtuoso early-music violinist, revelled in the microtonal shadings that Feldman built into his notation.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026