Synonyms of brave

brave 1 of 2

adjective

ˈbrāv 

1

as in courageous

feeling or displaying no fear by temperament

despite considerable risk to their own safety, the brave team of rescuers rushed into the collapsed building

Synonyms & Similar Words

• courageous
• fearless
• valiant
• heroic
• gallant
• bold
• adventurous
• intrepid
• valorous
• manful
• dauntless
• foolish
• gutsy
• undaunted
• resolute
• impulsive
• daring
• stout
• stalwart
• stouthearted
• reckless
• lionhearted
• determined
• hardy
• spirited
• doughty
• Spartan
• gutty
• plucky
• unflinching
• undauntable
• greathearted
• mad
• spunky
• undeterred
• undismayed
• game
• venturous
• unswerving
• adventuresome
• venturesome
• gritty
• dashing
• audacious
• foolhardy
• impetuous
• daredevil
• brazen
• unafraid
• mettlesome
• imprudent
• thoughtless
• insane
• lunatic
• rash
• gamy
• hotheaded
• wild
• incautious
• hasty
• heedless
• reassured
• firm
• nutty
• encouraged
• overconfident
• crazy
• comforted
• brash
• madcap
• headlong
• precipitate
• emboldened
• overbold
• half-witted
• heartened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coward
• cowardly
• fearful
• timid
• yellow
• timorous
• craven
• pusillanimous
• scary
• spineless
• dastardly
• unheroic
• gutless
• fainthearted
• shy
• anxious
• careful
• nervous
• cautious
• nerveless
• spiritless
• ungallant
• chicken
• apprehensive
• afraid
• diffident
• skittish
• prudent
• mousy
• frightened
• scared
• uncourageous
• terrified
• startled
• poor-spirited
• unadventurous
• upset
• lily-livered
• weakhearted
• chickenhearted
• poltroon
• milk-livered
• heedful
• panicked
• disturbed
• shocked
• spooked
• agitated
• unnerved
• worried
• perturbed
• horrified
• chicken-livered
• concerned
• weak
• disconcerted
• disquieted
• dismayed
• appalled
• wimpy
• unmanly
• terrorized
• panic-stricken

2

as in wonderful

of the very best kind

the gourmet food shop is off to a brave start

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wonderful
• lovely
• excellent
• beautiful
• great
• awesome
• terrific
• fabulous
• superb
• fantastic
• stellar
• marvelous
• fine
• hot
• prime
• cool
• famous
• neat
• noble
• classic
• splendid
• good
• keen
• heavenly
• quality
• slick
• divine
• sensational
• radical
• choice
• grand
• cracking
• exceptional
• righteous
• frontline
• superior
• sterling
• immense
• dandy
• banner
• too much
• first-rate
• top
• swell
• fab
• first-class
• superlative
• bully
• nifty
• top-notch
• par excellence
• crackerjack
• high-class
• groovy
• prize
• gone
• mean
• decent
• boss
• unsurpassed
• topping
• capital
• peachy
• blue-ribbon
• dope
• wizard
• fantabulous
• blue-chip
• dynamite
• out of this world
• top-shelf
• topflight
• first-string
• bonny
• better
• number one
• supernal
• adequate
• out-of-sight
• peachy keen
• brag
• special
• down
• tip-top
• prizewinning
• bumper
• acceptable
• bang-up
• hype
• top-of-the-line
• corking
• primo
• jim-dandy
• gangbusters
• satisfactory
• A1
• A-OK
• boffo
• five-star
• OK
• numero uno
• all right
• phat
• four-star
• tolerable
• traditional
• fancy
• classical
• passable
• gilt-edged
• select
• premium
• high-grade
• high-test
• standard
• superfine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• terrible
• awful
• pathetic
• vile
• wretched
• rotten
• lousy
• atrocious
• bad
• unsatisfactory
• inferior
• execrable
• substandard
• low-grade
• mediocre
• second-class
• middling
• second-rate

brave

2 of 2

verb

as in to confront

to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage

a soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue her wounded comrade

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confront
• face
• dare
• withstand
• brazen
• breast
• beard
• defy
• stand up to
• encounter
• outbrave
• resist
• fight
• outface
• meet
• challenge
• front
• stand
• face up (to)
• approach
• affront
• oppose
• battle
• combat
• repel
• accost
• contend (with)
• square (off)
• corner

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• duck
• dodge
• shirk
• shun
• sidestep
• eschew
• escape
• evade
• shake
• elude
• funk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of brave

Adjective

Combined with a brutal noon start time that provided no shade or relief throughout the game, the conditions meant there weren’t many fans brave enough, or quite frankly dumb enough, to endure a heat index of roughly 105 degrees. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Some of these guys were pretty courageous and bold and brave. — Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2026

Verb

Marvin Reid can’t say how many pedestrians he’s seen get hit while trying to brave the North Hollywood intersection of Magnolia Boulevard and Tujunga Avenue. — Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

After braving the queues, fans will be able to select from the events with remaining inventory, choose between the categories still available, put tickets in their digital carts, and check out. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026