Synonyms of dare

dare

verb

ˈder 

1

as in to challenge

to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat

I dare you to repeat that to my face!

he dared his friend to race to the end of the block

Synonyms & Similar Words

• challenge
• confront
• defy
• brave
• stump
• brazen
• breast
• beard
• face
• outface
• outbrave

2

as in to confront

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

every day the old fisherman dared the elements to make his meager living

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dare

The Billboard Vanguard Award honors artists who dare to go beyond the conventional. — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026

To get her father and his siblings to offer answers to questions no one had ever dared ask in the past until Duong’s cameras rolled, an inventive hybrid documentary-narrative model was hatched for the film. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

Since daring bond investors to bet against him in September, bond yields — which represent the interest rate investors are demanding to be paid to buy government debt — have continued to rise to multiyear highs. — New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Che suspects the white writers pitched this to him, and dares him to name one character without looking at the cue cards. — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2026