as in courageous
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament
an intrepid explorer who probed parts of the rain forest never previously attempted
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Recent Examples of intrepid
That said, many intrepid travelers also cross the entire 40-mile Greenstone Ridge Trail, which takes around five to eight days.
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Will her intrepid journalism save the day, or will everyone simply forget yet another pesky environmental disaster?
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Interestingly, the first real person to test his record was a woman, the intrepid newspaper reporter Nellie Bly.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Home to only about 1,200 full-time residents, Niue can only be reached by intrepid humans by boat or Air New Zealand flights from Auckland.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Will her intrepid journalism save the day, or will everyone simply forget yet another pesky environmental disaster?
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Interestingly, the first real person to test his record was a woman, the intrepid newspaper reporter Nellie Bly.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Home to only about 1,200 full-time residents, Niue can only be reached by intrepid humans by boat or Air New Zealand flights from Auckland.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrepid
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The obligation is now ours to keep her spirit alive by transforming our compassion into action, and our hope into habit so that the world can become a more courageous and kinder place.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Chicago Med is an emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city’s state-of-the-art trauma center and into the lives of the courageous doctors, nurses and staff who hold it all together.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That is just a fraction of the workers harmed; that number is merely the number brave enough to speak up, risking all their future jobs.—
Arabelle Sicardi,
Allure,
9 Oct. 2025
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In mitigation, Tottenham have built a squad that does possess the players to link the midfield and attack, but with James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski both out injured for the coming months, there is a need for more midfield players to be braver when progressing the ball.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That conviction comes alive across Portrait, a lush and fearless record co-produced by veteran trumpeter Brian Lynch.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
12 Oct. 2025
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This was a fearless and courageous person.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Prior to Mbappe’s third, Kairat thought they had been awarded a penalty but VAR deemed Valeri Gromyko had slipped rather than been fouled by Dani Ceballos and a valiant effort by the home team ended without a goal.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Kurtz made a valiant effort for the A’s in Saturday’s game against the Kansas City Royals, going 1-for-3 with a single plus a walk and scoring from second off a Shea Langeliers double in the eighth inning.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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People sometimes expect some heroic situation.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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On the Met’s stage, the writer — called, say, Jamal Khashoggi — would be sung by a heroic tenor, his tormentor by a demonic baritone.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And yet, welcoming that idea can shock the system because our popular conception of the American Revolution is so often encased in bloodless, gallant myth.—
Sarah Botstein,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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The experience of secession, of war, of industrial slaughter and gallant sacrifice, of Black soldiery and humanity all reforged Lincoln into a stronger alloy.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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For Johnson, Crunchyroll Manga adds an extra layer of discovery for adventurous readers.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Urchin, which releases in theaters this Friday, is as adventurous as his on screen work.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Intrepid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrepid. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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