Synonyms of dared

dared

verb

past tense of dare

1

as in challenged

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

• challenged
• confronted
• stumped
• defied
• braved
• brazened
• faced
• bearded
• breasted
• outbraved
• outfaced

2

as in confronted

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

• confronted
• faced
• braved
• withstood
• defied
• encountered
• brazened
• resisted
• stood up to
• bearded
• fought
• met
• challenged
• approached
• breasted
• outbraved
• stood
• outfaced
• affronted
• fronted
• opposed
• accosted
• faced up (to)
• cornered
• battled
• repelled
• combated
• contended (with)
• squared (off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ducked
• avoided
• sidestepped
• dodged
• shirked
• shunned
• eschewed
• escaped
• shook
• evaded
• funked
• eluded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dared

Beirut City Pop, the latest compilation by archival label Habibi Funk, tells the story of the artists who dared to imagine a life beyond war. — Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 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

In Cuba, for instance, the single format is dominant, and very few artists have dared to create a true concept album. — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026

Fonda’s flawless silver pixie changed that, revealing his rare ability to transform gray hair from some something to be concealed into something to be expertly cultivated — a technique few colorists had dared to master. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Sep. 2026

Fashion collaborations have come a long way since Marc Jacobs worked with artists Stephen Sprouse and Takashi Murakami at Louis Vuitton in the early aughts, and since Karl Lagerfeld dared to partner up with H&M in 2004. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

The liberal Yabloko party, the only registered political entity that dared to publicly criticize the war, was removed from the ballot last month by Russia’s Supreme Court, and only had a few dozen candidates in the single-seat races. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Everyone then stayed on campus, and dared not explore the surrounding community. — Danny Mason, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

This one is of a prison pharmacy technician who dared to risk everything for love. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026