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

The interior team, led by their intrepid chief stew, went above and beyond every time. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026

Back then, yoga and meditation, powerful and intuitive massage, herbal treatments inspired by centuries-old rituals of Balinese royalty and, of course, the mysterious local energy healers known as balian drew intrepid pre–smartphone era travelers. — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

Yet some intrepid public readers are unaffected by the seasons. — Nora Krug, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2026

These beautiful, intrepid, witty and irrepressible young women and men are living witnesses to the destruction of the last vestiges of the dream of freedom of expression in Russia. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

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