Antonyms for brave
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WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. braveadjective

   Antonyms:
   cowardly, mean, fearful, weak

   Synonyms:
   resilient, doughty, courageous, stalwart

2. braveadjective

   A Native American warrior.

   Synonyms:
   resilient, courageous, doughty, stalwart

   Antonyms:
   mean, cowardly, weak, fearful

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. brave

   The adventurous man goes in quest of danger; the bold man stands out and faces danger or censure; the brave man combines confidence with resolution in presence of danger; the chivalrous man puts himself in peril for others' protection. The daring step out to defy danger; the dauntless will not flinch before anything that may come to them; the doughty will give and take limitless hard knocks. The adventurous find something romantic in dangerous enterprises; the venturesome may be simply heedless, reckless, or ignorant. All great explorers have been adventurous; children, fools, and criminals are venturesome. The fearless and intrepid possess unshaken nerves in any place of danger. Courageous is more than brave, adding a moral element: the courageous man steadily encounters perils to which he may be keenly sensitive, at the call of duty; the gallant are brave in a dashing, showy, and splendid way; the valiant not only dare great dangers, but achieve great results; the heroic are nobly daring and dauntless, truly chivalrous, sublimely courageous. Compare FORTITUDE.

   Antonyms:
   afraid, cowardly, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, pusillanimous, shrinking, timid, timorous

   Synonyms:
   adventurous, bold, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome

Matched Categories

1. • Warrior

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. bravenoun

   a North American Indian warrior

   Antonyms:
   cautious, timid, colorless, fearful, chicken, yellow-bellied, unmanly, poor-spirited, poltroon, craven, yellow, pusillanimous, fainthearted, dastardly, colourless, white-livered, faint-hearted, funky, caitiff, faint, chickenhearted, recreant, dastard(a), cowardly, lily-livered

2. braveadjective

   people who are brave

   "the home of the free and the brave"

   Antonyms:
   cautious, timid, fainthearted, colorless, faint-hearted, colourless, yellow, chicken, funky, craven, white-livered, yellow-bellied, dastard(a), unmanly, fearful, cowardly, dastardly, recreant, faint, lily-livered, caitiff, poltroon, chickenhearted, poor-spirited, pusillanimous

3. brave, courageousadjective

   possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching

   "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory"

   Antonyms:
   cautious, timid, poltroon, colorless, fainthearted, recreant, dastard(a), colourless, dastardly, poor-spirited, craven, yellow, chicken, lily-livered, funky, fearful, yellow-bellied, pusillanimous, cowardly, caitiff, white-livered, faint, unmanly, faint-hearted, chickenhearted

   Synonyms:
   hardy, dauntless, courageous, gay, intrepid, unfearing, fearless, braw, audacious

4. audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearingadjective

   invulnerable to fear or intimidation

   "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

   Antonyms:
   timid, cautious, dastardly, cowardly, chicken, pusillanimous, colourless, fainthearted, yellow-bellied, fearful, faint, poltroon, yellow, dastard(a), poor-spirited, colorless, chickenhearted, recreant, white-livered, lily-livered, caitiff, unmanly, craven, faint-hearted, funky

   Synonyms:
   unfearing, venturous, intrepid, courageous, bald-faced, bodacious, braw, unafraid(p), barefaced, brassy, stout, brazen-faced, gay, daring, sturdy, venturesome, insolent, stalwart, fearless, hardy, dauntless, audacious, brazen

5. brave, braw, gayverb

   brightly colored and showy

   "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage"

   Antonyms:
   cautious, timid, recreant, faint-hearted, colorless, dastardly, funky, colourless, poltroon, chicken, yellow, lily-livered, yellow-bellied, dastard(a), white-livered, craven, pusillanimous, caitiff, chickenhearted, fainthearted, unmanly, poor-spirited, cowardly, faint, fearful

   Synonyms:
   unfearing, intrepid, jocund, jovial, festive, courageous, homophile(a), braw, sunny, gay, audacious, cheery, mirthful, merry, fearless, hardy, dauntless, festal, jolly

6. weather, endure, brave, brave outverb

   face and withstand with courage

   "She braved the elements"

   Antonyms:
   timid, cautious, faint-hearted, cowardly, unmanly, chickenhearted, caitiff, faint, yellow-bellied, poltroon, white-livered, lily-livered, colourless, colorless, recreant, chicken, craven, poor-spirited, dastard(a), pusillanimous, fearful, yellow, fainthearted, funky, dastardly

   Synonyms:
   go, live, put up, stand, last, brave out, support, hold up, hold out, persist, stomach, digest, suffer, live on, brook, prevail, stick out, run, tolerate, wear, endure, survive, bear, abide, weather, die hard

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. braveadjective

   Antonyms:
   craven, timorous, cowardly, recreant, pusillanimous, cowardly

   Synonyms:
   intrepid, courageous, valiant, daring, bold, valorous, chivalrous, fearless, adventurous, dauntless, doughty, gallant, heroic, mettlesome, undaunted, venturesome, lion-hearted, manly, unafraid, plucky, showy, effective, striking

2. braveverb

   Synonyms:
   defy, dare, beard

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wimpy

   Submitted by anonymous on December 2, 2019  

How to use brave in a sentence?

1. David Satcher:

   I would like to think I would. I like to think I'd be a brave person, but I'm not so sure.

2. Himelda Tumbo:

   Unlike maize, orange potato can brave most conditions and is also resistant to rust diseases.

3. E. M. Forster:

   I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

4. Patrol Rodney K. Harrison:

   One of our brave officers was injured while keeping New Yorkers safe, this time, because a man who violently interfered with a lawful arrest.

5. John McCain:

   We share this honor with all of the veterans who came before us and all who proudly served and are still serving around the world, as we mark Memorial Day this weekend, I can think of no better way to demonstrate our gratitude to the brave men and women who have sacrificed in uniform than to strengthen and improve the care they so richly deserve.

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