as in courageous
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament
skydiving is one sport that tends to attract fearless types
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Recent Examples of fearless
His music still feels fearless, elegant and emotionally alive — all of which never go out of style.
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Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
Kids who are more socially confident are not fearless.
—Kelsey Mora, CNBC, 24 May 2026
Hekmat said the goal is to keep pushing into new spaces while staying rooted in fearless self-expression.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
To fans, Cox was the fearless manager who guided Atlanta to its first major professional sports championship in 1995, doing it on a national stage through Turner’s eponymous TBS broadcasts that reached homes across the country.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 14 May 2026
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Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
Kids who are more socially confident are not fearless.
—Kelsey Mora, CNBC, 24 May 2026
Hekmat said the goal is to keep pushing into new spaces while staying rooted in fearless self-expression.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
To fans, Cox was the fearless manager who guided Atlanta to its first major professional sports championship in 1995, doing it on a national stage through Turner’s eponymous TBS broadcasts that reached homes across the country.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fearless
Adjective
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The creators were determined to portray their senior characters as courageous protagonists rather than comic relief.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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McCain with his courageous drives, Jaylin Williams hit timely 3s.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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As the players linked arms as one by one — five of them were brave enough to take on the enormous pressure of these penalties — in the shadows was the 2-1 defeat by Barcelona in their only other Champions League final twenty years ago.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Two years later, Simon Porte Jacquemus, the prodigy from Provence, had models brave a shower of gently falling straw in giant hats made of the same material at his spring 2023 show.—
Irene Kim,
Vogue,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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Diamondbacks center fielder Jorge Barrosa made a valiant diving effort to catch the ball, and Adames would’ve easily been doubled off had Barrosa caught it.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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Busch, who tragically died at 41 on Thursday from an undetermined illness, turned in a valiant effort in 2014, finishing sixth in the Indy 500 despite having limited experience in IndyCar.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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Follow-through depends on heroic leaders chasing people manually.—
Brent Gleeson,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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In real life, the comedy star used both his rebellious and heroic sides for noble purposes.—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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James and his teammates gave a gallant effort Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena, but the defending champion proved to be more than the Lakers could handle.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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But the Ballances were more than gallant warriors – in fact, a life-size oil painting of Marti’s great-grandfather Charles Ballance’s wife and children – including her grandfather Willis as a 3-year-old – hangs in a place of honor at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The right half of the image is an architectonic jumble of patterns and bold lines, hard to parse but visually compelling.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Set the scene Sexy without being pretentious and bold without the brashness, Il Sereno is a lesson in artful restraint.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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“Fearless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fearless. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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