outbrave

to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage completing the survival course is largely a matter of one's willingness to outbrave both the elements and the specter of total isolation Synonyms beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, dare, defy, face, outfaceRelated Words face up (to), front; affront; challenge; encounter, meet; accost, approach, corner; repel, resist, stand, withstand; battle, combat, contend (with), fight, oppose, square (off)Near Antonyms avoid, eschew, shun; elude, escape, evade, shakeAntonyms dodge, duck, funk, shirk, sidestep