Antonyms for valiant
ˈvæl yəntvaliant

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1. valiant

   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, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, venturesome

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1. valiant

   Antonyms:
   timid, puny, cowardly, craven

   Synonyms:
   intrepid, heroic, courageous, brave, redoubtable, stout-hearted, valorous, gallant

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:3.7 / 3 votes

1. valiant, valorousadjective

   having or showing valor

   "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"; "a valiant soldier"

   Antonyms:
   fearful, cowardly

   Synonyms:
   valorous

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1. valiantadjective

   Synonyms:
   brave

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. VALIANT

   Synonyms:
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How to use valiant in a sentence?

1. Mustafa Barghouti:

   Six militants fought, and are still fighting, with their bare hands for days in a valiant battle against the Israeli army and all its security services and technical and financial capabilities.

2. David Rosen:

   It is particularly important that experts from the leading Holocaust memorial institutes in Israel and the United States objectively evaluate as best as possible the historical record of that most terrible of times -- to acknowledge both the failures as well as the valiant efforts made during the period of the systematic murder of six million Jews.

3. Jan Techau:

   Despite valiant attempts by both the German foreign and defense ministers to put the refugee crisis at the heart of debates here, the issue that tops all others is Syria.

4. William Shakespeare:

   Cowards die many times before their deaths The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

5. Mike Quigley:

   The Capitol Police I was around did an amazing job under difficult circumstances, my concern wasn't with how valiant Capitol Police were. It was that an hour before the debate started, I looked at the throngs of people surrounding different sections of the Capitol -- and said, we don't have enough security.

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