Synonyms for Brass
bræs, brɑsbrass

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1. brass

   Audacity, in the sense here considered, is a reckless defiance of law, decency, public opinion, or personal rights, claims, or views, approaching the meaning of impudence or shamelessness, but always carrying the thought of the personal risk that one disregards in such defiance; the merely impudent or shameless person may take no thought of consequences; the audacious person recognizes and recklessly braves them. Hardihood defies and disregards the rational judgment of men. Effrontery (Latin effrons, barefaced, shameless) adds to audacity and hardihood the special element of defiance of considerations of propriety, duty, and respect for others, yet not to the extent implied in impudence or shamelessness. Impudence disregards what is due to superiors; shamelessness defies decency. Boldness is forward-stepping courage, spoken of with reference to the presence and observation of others; boldness, in the good sense, is courage viewed from the outside; but the word is frequently used in an unfavorable sense to indicate a lack of proper sensitiveness and modesty. Compare ASSURANCE; BRAVE.

   Synonyms:
   assurance, audacity, boldness, effrontery, hardihood, impudence, insolence, shamelessness

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, coyness, diffidence, modesty, sensitiveness, shrinking, shyness, timidity

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1. brassnoun

   an alloy of copper and zinc

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

2. brass, brass instrumentnoun

   a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

   Synonyms:
   establishment, brass, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

3. administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisationnoun

   the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

   "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"

   Synonyms:
   brass section, arrangement, constitution, establishment, memorial tablet, organization, judicature, presidency, system, presidential term, face, ecesis, governance, governing body, plaque, governing, disposal, validation, giving medication, government activity, boldness, formation, brass, administration, cheek, brass instrument, government, nerve, organisation, institution

4. boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheeknoun

   impudent aggressiveness

   "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

   Synonyms:
   font, look, case, hardiness, nervus, aspect, administration, cheek, strikingness, boldness, fount, buttock, impudence, governing body, hardihood, nerve, plaque, daring, facial expression, brass section, brass, side, organization, grimace, heart, memorial tablet, spunk, face, organisation, mettle, expression, governance, brass instrument, human face, establishment, typeface, impertinence

5. brassnoun

   an ornament or utensil made of brass

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

6. brass section, brassnoun

   the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

   Synonyms:
   establishment, memorial tablet, brass section, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass, organisation, brass instrument, administration

7. brass, memorial tablet, plaquenoun

   a memorial made of brass

   Synonyms:
   establishment, brass, memorial tablet, governance, face, cheek, boldness, governing body, plaque, organization, nerve, brass section, organisation, brass instrument, administration

Matched Categories

1. • Body
   • Copper-base Alloy
   • Decoration
   • Memorial

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1. brassnoun

   Synonyms:
   alloy of copper and zinc

2. brassnoun

   Synonyms:
   assurance, boldness, pertness, effrontery, presumption, audacity, forwardness, face, front, CHEEK

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1. brassnoun

   Synonyms:
   impudence, insolence, temerity, effrontery, audacity

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1. List of paraphrases for "brass":

   bronze, copper, illegal

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How to use Brass in a sentence?

1. John Cotton:

   If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone or brass, it will beat them down.

2. Desmond Agu:

   A gang of armed youths ... vandalised pipeline along Azuzuama axis of the Tebidaba-Brass pipeline with dynamite and ignited fire on the line.

3. Perry Brass:

   Perry Brass is a pioneer of gay literature," ForeWord Magazine

4. Omare Lamrani:

   It’s a very old plane, but definitely one of the most capable, air Force has been moving toward multi-mission aircraft, but when Air Force comes to this particular mission this plane is unrivaled in Air Force ability. There is no weapon in our arsenal that offers more effective close-air support to American ground troops serving in harms way than the A-10 aircraft, - Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. First designated for retirement in 2011, a planning document the Air Force published in mid-February reveals that 2022 is the flying branch's newest deadline for the last A-10 flight. The extension was announced by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter during a preview of the Pentagon’s budget at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. according to the Arizona Daily Star. The venerable plane, first built for destroying Soviet tanks, has been on the chopping block since the sequester of 2011 mandated steep cuts in the Pentagon budget. Although the planes haven't been built in more than 30 years, the Department of Defense believes it can save maintenance costs by phasing them out. Air Force brass believes newer, faster aircraft like the F-16, F-15E, and, eventually, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 can do a better job of the Warthog’s mission of providing close air support to soldiers on the ground. But the Pentagon disagrees and has pushed back, leading to Air Force brass to extend the end date for a phase out. The plane has survived year-to-year, with powerful lawmakers such as Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., fighting to keep it alive.

5. Panchatantra:

   The lustre of a virtuous character cannot be defaced, nor can the vices of a vicious man ever become lucid. A jewel preserves its lustre, though trodden in the mud, but a brass pot, though placed upon the head, is brass still.