Synonyms for bravery
ˈbreɪ və ri, ˈbreɪv ribrav·e·ry

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1. braverynoun

   Being brave, courageousness.

   Synonyms:
   pluck, valor, courage, fearlessness, courageousness

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1. bravery

   Bravery, courage, heroism, and intrepidity may be silent, spiritual, or passive; they may be exhibited by a martyr at the stake. Prowess and valor imply both daring and doing; we do not speak of the prowess of a martyr, a child, or a passive sufferer. Valor meets odds or perils with courageous action, doing its utmost to conquer at any risk or cost; prowess has power adapted to the need; dauntless valor is often vain against superior prowess. Courage is a nobler word than bravery, involving more of the deep, spiritual, and enduring elements of character; such an appreciation of peril as would extinguish bravery may only intensify courage, which is resistant and self-conquering; courage applies to matters in regard to which valor and prowess can have no place, as submission to a surgical operation, or the facing of censure or detraction for conscience' sake. Compare BRAVE; FORTITUDE.

   Synonyms:
   courage, gallantry, heroism, intrepidity, prowess, valor

   Antonyms:
   cowardice, cowardliness, effeminacy, fear, pusillanimity, timidity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. courage, courageousness, bravery, bravenessnoun

   a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear

   Synonyms:
   fearlessness, braveness, courageousness, courage

2. fearlessness, braverynoun

   feeling no fear

   Synonyms:
   fearlessness, braveness, courageousness, courage

Matched Categories

1. • Feeling
   • Spirit

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1. braverynoun

   Synonyms:
   fearlessness (from temperament), COURAGE, intrepidity, audacity, valor, gallantry, daring, boldness, spirit, mettle, pluck, manhood, heroism, SPUNK

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1. braverynoun

   Synonyms:
   intrepidity, courage, heroism, valor, prowess, hardihood, mettle, pluck, fearlessness, boldness

   Antonyms:
   cowardice, timidity, recreancy, poltroonery, flinch

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1. List of paraphrases for "bravery":

   courage, gallantry, valour, valor, brave, heroic

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How to use bravery in a sentence?

1. Dr. Robert Anthony:

   The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.

2. Ruben Banerjee:

   This is not an act of bravery on our part, we are just objectively reporting. There is a sense of abandonment in the country.

3. Boris Johnson:

   I ... want to pay tribute to the extraordinary bravery of those members of the public who physically intervened to protect the lives of others, for me they represent the very best of our country and I thank them on behalf of all of our country.

4. Wendell Phillips:

   Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

5. Carmen Gloria Quintana:

   The truth has come late, and I hope that justice comes, too. I congratulate this former conscript for his bravery, and for finding the courage to tell the truth.