BRAVERY Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

bravery

noun

ˈbrāv-rē

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as in attire

dressy clothing children in their Sunday bravery

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as in courage

strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger it took great bravery to rescue the baby trapped in the burning building

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Recent Examples of bravery That bravery deserves to be honored above all else. —

Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026 The mere decision to embark on such an endeavor takes bravery and maybe a little insanity. —

Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026 Forced into bravery alone in space, there’s no time or space for self-doubt, only action. —

Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026 To render into the world a thing with no material qualities is a trick that requires bravery and luck, and is akin to art, which in the making can be uncertain and uncomfortable but in other moments sublime. —

Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bravery

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Noun

Cord grass ripples across these languorous northern marshes and, while ships lay wounded and stranded in the former Aral, all that remains of the old Parkgate are some very old photographs, showing frigates, sand, and some very fetching Victorian bathing attire.

— Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Mar. 2026
No trails or roads are visible inside the frame, adding to the mystery of how all these people in formal attire arrived at an elevation of ten thousand six hundred feet.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026