courageous
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Synonyms
bold, brave, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, gutty, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, manful, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undauntable, undaunted, valiant, valorous
Antonyms
chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, coward, cowardly, craven, dastardly, fainthearted, fearful, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], nerveless, poltroon, poor-spirited, pusillanimous, spineless, spiritless, timorous, uncourageous, ungallant, unheroic, weakhearted, yellow
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Anyone can make war, but only the most courageous can make peace. — Jennifer Williams, Vox, "Read the full transcript of Trump’s North Korea summit press conference," 12 June 2018 Bright red, hands down, tends to give people the energy to be more courageous and really get behind their ambitions more than any other color. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "Will Blue Make You Psychic? Can Yellow Detox Your Mind? A Color Therapist Weighs in on Fall 2019’s Color Trends," 4 Apr. 2019 Being courageous enough to acknowledge it privately with my family and friends. — Cortney Pellettieri, Good Housekeeping, ""It's Time for a Change"," 4 Sep. 2012 Selfless and courageous, superbly professional, competent. — Rod Mcguirk, The Seattle Times, "9 Australians awarded bravery medals for Thai cave rescue," 24 July 2018 Likewise, Mercury in Leo is energetic, courageous, and extremely performative — but when the planet goes reverse, that vibrancy begins to fall a bit flat. — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, "Your 2018 Guide to Surviving Mercury Retrograde," 26 July 2018 His book, in any case, is pretty plainly meant to introduce the nation to a courageous red-state politician of liberal conviction. — WSJ, "Politics: Want to Be President? You Better Write a Book," 25 Jan. 2019 Despite the ferocious repudiation of his actions by the US and UK governments, his courageous actions were ultimately good for the intelligence agencies themselves, governments, and most importantly the global public. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really?," 21 Nov. 2018 These two smart, courageous women have been there for me since the beginning. — Fox News, "Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand's full victim impact statement to the court about her experience," 26 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'courageous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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