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

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 has a few dozen candidates in the single-constituency races. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

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

Ultimately, the show attempts to draw a parallel between Lizzie Borden and Aileen Wuornos, portraying them as two women abused and mistreated by society who dared to fight back. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 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

Mehmet Eser | Anadolu | Getty Images Markets are set to find out Wednesday just how aggressive the Treasury Department's bond-buying program will get, as Secretary Scott Bessent dared currency traders to challenge him. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Sixty years later, the surprise isn’t that these worlds exist, but that the real ones are even stranger than writers dared to imagine. — Alix Freckelton, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Everyone’s voice is valued, standards have risen on and off the field, and all matches are monitored and recorded in such a way that Dean would not have dared to try to play the class clown. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Hence, nobody dared to approach the horse, and its owner wasn’t found. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026