Synonyms of intrepid

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adjective

in-ˈtre-pəd 

as in courageous

feeling or displaying no fear by temperament

an intrepid explorer who probed parts of the rain forest never previously attempted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• courageous
• brave
• fearless
• valiant
• heroic
• gallant
• adventurous
• bold
• dauntless
• undaunted
• gutsy
• valorous
• manful
• stalwart
• foolish
• impulsive
• stouthearted
• daring
• doughty
• resolute
• lionhearted
• stout
• reckless
• hardy
• spirited
• plucky
• Spartan
• gutty
• determined
• undeterred
• undauntable
• spunky
• unflinching
• greathearted
• adventuresome
• undismayed
• venturous
• venturesome
• mad
• unswerving
• daredevil
• impetuous
• audacious
• foolhardy
• game
• dashing
• brazen
• mettlesome
• gritty
• lunatic
• incautious
• madcap
• imprudent
• thoughtless
• hotheaded
• nutty
• insane
• heedless
• gamy
• overconfident
• rash
• hasty
• wild
• unafraid
• reassured
• firm
• brash
• crazy
• encouraged
• headlong
• comforted
• half-witted
• emboldened
• overbold
• precipitate
• heartened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• timorous
• yellow
• timid
• pusillanimous
• dastardly
• fearful
• craven
• cowardly
• coward
• gutless
• spineless
• nerveless
• unheroic
• anxious
• spiritless
• ungallant
• careful
• fainthearted
• nervous
• cautious
• diffident
• scary
• shy
• apprehensive
• mousy
• skittish
• chicken
• prudent
• afraid
• poor-spirited
• uncourageous
• frightened
• lily-livered
• unadventurous
• startled
• chickenhearted
• terrified
• heedful
• milk-livered
• poltroon
• unnerved
• panicked
• disturbed
• weakhearted
• chicken-livered
• upset
• agitated
• perturbed
• spooked
• scared
• horrified
• shocked
• concerned
• disconcerted
• worried
• disquieted
• dismayed
• appalled
• weak
• wimpy
• panic-stricken
• terrorized
• unmanly

intrepidity

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noun

as in courage

strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger

he managed to get back to camp, despite the grizzly bears, through sheer intrepidity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• courage
• heroism
• gallantry
• bravery
• courageousness
• prowess
• fearlessness
• valor
• daring
• nerve
• hardihood
• virtue
• intrepidness
• stoutness
• daringness
• dauntlessness
• gutsiness
• heart
• guts
• fortitude
• pecker
• perseverance
• determination
• grit
• moxie
• stamina
• gumption
• mettle
• tenacity
• bottle
• intestinal fortitude
• temper
• greatheartedness
• endurance
• doughtiness
• spunk
• boldness
• pluckiness
• resolution
• pluck
• audacity
• effrontery
• backbone
• temerity
• fiber
• stomach
• gall
• brazenness
• cojones
• cheek

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cowardice
• timidity
• cowardliness
• fearfulness
• spinelessness
• timorousness
• faintheartedness
• feebleness
• softness
• weakness
• cold feet
• cravenness
• impotence
• dastardliness
• hesitation
• poltroonery
• irresolution
• ineffectualness
• indecision
• mousiness
• indecisiveness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intrepid

Adjective

Clothing shops in Manhattan have become clustered, and fewer intrepid boutiques can arrive and thrive in other boroughs. — New York Times, 31 July 2026

But a few intrepid directors have managed to dislodge the art form from its comfort zone. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026

The acclaimed filmmaker's adaptation stars Matt Damon as the intrepid Greek king Odysseus, who embarks on a perilous voyage home following the Trojan War. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 28 July 2026

By the 1980s, just a few years after the National Geographic story came out, the monarchs were already drawing streams of intrepid sightseers from abroad, despite almost no tourism infrastructure. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

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