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| Main Entry: | bravery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness |
| Synonyms: | courage, daring, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts, heroism, mettle, pluck, spirit, spunk, valor, dauntlessness, fearlessness, hardiness, indomitability, intrepidity, pluckiness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, diffidence, humility, timidity |
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| Main Entry: | bravery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
self, adventurous, audacious, audaculous, aweless, bodacious, bold, brave, chivalrous, confident, courageous, daring, dashing, dauntless, determined, dogged, doughty, dreadless, enterprising, fearless, fierce, firm, gallant, hardy, heroic, impavid, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, lionlike, manful, manly, mettlesome, penthesilean, plucky, pugnacious, reassured, resolute, savage, spirited, spiritful, stout, unabashed, unalarmed, unappalled, unapprehensive, unawed, unblenched, unblenching, undaunted, undismayed, undreaded, unfeared, unshrinking, valiant, valorous, venturesome, venturous
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| Main Entry: | courage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness, braveness |
| Synonyms: | élan, audacity, backbone, bravery, daring, dash, determination, endurance, enterprise, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts, hardihood, heroism, mettle, nerve, pluck, power, prowess, rashness, recklessness, resolution, spirit, spunk, temerity, tenacity, valor, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, bravura, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gameness, intrepidity, lion-heartedness, pugnacity, stoutheartedness, venturesomeness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear, meekness, timidity, weakness, faint-heartedness |
| Main Entry: | fortitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength of mind; guts |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, bravery, constancy, courage, determination, endurance, firmness, grit*, hardihood, heart, mettle, moxie, nerve, patience, perseverance, pith, pluck, resolution, spine*, spirit, spunk, stamina, starch, staying power, stomach, tenacity, valor, braveness, courageousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gutsiness, intrepidity, resoluteness, stick-to-itiveness, stoutheartedness, true grit, valiancy, valorousness, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, helplessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mettle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness, strength of character |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, backbone, bravery, caliber, courage, daring, disposition, energy, fire, force, fortitude, gallantry, grit*, guts*, hardihood, heart*, life*, makeup, moxie, nature, nerve, pluck, quality, resolution, resolve, spirit, spunk, stamina, stamp*, starch, temper, temperament, valor, vigor, vitality, dauntlessness, gameness, indomitability, kidney |
| Notes: | meddle means to intrude or interfere in other people's affairs or business; mettle is the courage and fortitude to carry on; a medal is a piece of metal in the form of a coin intended to be used as an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event |
| Antonyms: | weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moxie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courage |
| Synonyms: | audacity, backbone, boldness, bravery, daring, dash, determination, fortitude, grit, guts, hardihood, mettle, nerve, pluck, prowess, spirit, spunk, stamina, tenacity, valor, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, braveness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gameness, toughness |
| Main Entry: | nerve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daring, boldness |
| Synonyms: | assumption, assurance, audacity, backbone, brass*, bravery, cheek*, chutzpah*, confidence, coolness, courage, crust*, determination, effrontery, endurance, energy, face*, firmness, force, fortitude, gall*, grit*, guts*, hardihood, heart*, impertinence, impudence, insolence, intestinal fortitude, mettle, might, moxie*, pluck*, presumption, resolution, sauce*, spirit, spunk*, starch*, stomach*, temerity, vigor, will, brazenness, fearlessness, gameness, hardiness, intrepidity, steadfastness |
| Antonyms: | fear, modesty, shyness, timidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pluck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's resolution, courage |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, bravery, determination, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, intestinal fortitude*, mettle, moxie*, nerve, resolution, spirit, spunk, dauntlessness, intrepidity |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, dispiritedness, irresolution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | right stuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | whatever it takes |
| Synonyms: | bravery, courage, credentials, drive, experience, guts, knowledge, power, self-confidence, talent, abilities, dependability, essential qualities, qualifications, skills, the goods, the makings, the stuff, what it takes |
| Main Entry: | boldness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | audacity |
| Synonyms: | bravery, chutzpah, courage, daring, determination, nerve, recklessness, adventurousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear |
| Main Entry: | manhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maturity |
| Synonyms: | boldness, bravery, chivalry, courage, daring, determination, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, hardihood, honor, machismo, manliness, masculinity, mettle, nobility, potency, resolution, spirit, tenacity, valor, virility, adulthood, forcefulness, manfulness, resoluteness, self-reliance, sturdiness |
| Main Entry: | audacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recklessness, daring |
| Synonyms: | boldness, bravery, courage, enterprise, guts, nerve, rashness, valor, adventurousness, audaciousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, intrepidity, venturesomeness |
| Antonyms: | care, caution, reserve, timidity, carefulness |
| Main Entry: | determination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perseverance |
| Synonyms: | assurance, backbone*, boldness, bravery, certainty, constancy, conviction, courage, decision, dedication, doggedness, drive, energy, fortitude, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, independence, nerve*, obstinacy, persistence, pluck*, purpose, resolution, resolve, self-confidence, spine*, spunk*, stubbornness, tenacity, valor, willpower, certitude, dauntlessness, dogmatism, fearlessness, firm-ness, indomitability, intrepidity, purposefulness, resoluteness, single-mindedness, steadfastness, stiff upper lip |
| Antonyms: | doubt, hesitation, vacillation, disinterest, irresolution, spinelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence |
| Synonyms: | aplomb, arrogance, audacity, boldness, bravery, certainty, conviction, coolness, courage, effrontery, faith, firmness, impudence, nerve, poise, presumption, security, self-confidence, surety, temerity, trust, aggressiveness, assuredness, certitude, positiveness, self-reliance, sureness |
| Antonyms: | confusion, distrust, doubt, fear, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | heart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courage |
| Synonyms: | boldness, bravery, fortitude, gallantry, guts*, mettle, mind, moxie*, nerve, pluck, purpose, resolution, soul, spirit, spunk*, will, dauntlessness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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