brave
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a North American Indian warrior
Types & categories
- warrior hypernym
Sense 2 verb
face and withstand with courage
She braved the elements
Types & categories
- defy hypernym
Related & opposite
- brave derivation
Sense 3 adjective
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
Related & opposite
- adventurous also see
- unafraidp also see
- bold also see
- resolute also see
- cowardly antonym
- courage attribute
- courage derivation
- desperate similar to
- gallant similar to
- game similar to
- lionhearted similar to
- stouthearted similar to
- undaunted similar to
- valiant similar to
Sense 4 noun
people who are brave
the home of the free and the brave
Types & categories
- people hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
invulnerable to fear or intimidation
audacious explorers
Related & opposite
- courage derivation
- dauntlessness derivation
- fearlessness derivation
- audacity derivation
- fearlessness derivation
- bold similar to
Sense 6 adjective
brightly colored and showy
girls decked out in brave new dresses
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | warrior |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brave |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | defy |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | adventurous |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | unafraidp |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | bold |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | resolute |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | cowardly |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | courage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | courage |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | desperate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | gallant |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | game |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | lionhearted |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | stouthearted |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | undaunted |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | valiant |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | timid |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | brave |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | courage |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dauntlessness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fearlessness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | audacity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fearlessness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | bold |
| 6 | domain region | Related & opposite | Scotland |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | colourful |