Synonyms of braving

braving

verb

present participle of brave

as in confronting

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

a soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue her wounded comrade

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confronting
• facing
• withstanding
• daring
• breasting
• encountering
• defying
• resisting
• fighting
• standing up to
• outbraving
• fronting
• brazening
• approaching
• outfacing
• bearding
• challenging
• battling
• standing
• meeting
• affronting
• combating
• accosting
• facing up (to)
• repelling
• opposing
• cornering
• contending (with)
• squaring (off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dodging
• avoiding
• ducking
• sidestepping
• shirking
• eschewing
• shunning
• escaping
• evading
• shaking
• funking
• eluding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of braving

Fans were still filing in, braving 90-degree heat with novelty beer swords in hand, as Maiava moved USC methodically down the field, punching in a one-yard keeper for an early score. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 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

Whether tackling the job site with up to four friends in an online crew or braving it alone in Solo Play, the game puts your building and survival skills to the test. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026

Instead, find a way to engineer genuine positive feelings into the behavior, like Dunn cycling to work instead of braving a traffic-heavy commute. — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

For the crowd that still stretched several heads deep in many nooks along Hope Street, braving the sun provided a positively patriotic experience that didn't disappoint. — Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026

Still, plenty of people have been braving the weather and uncertainty, turning out for celebrations in major sweltering cities. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026

The first trailer finds James and Odin not only braving the elements but also facing off against a pack of wild wolves. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026

Chiwetel Ejiofor plays an embittered furniture store owner who discovers a passage into the mundane alt-space, eventually drawing two young employees and his therapist, played by fellow Oscar nominee Renate Reinsve, into also braving its potential dangers. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 June 2026