'Brave' definitions:
Definition of 'brave'
From: WordNet
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"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory" [syn: brave, courageous] [ant: cowardly, fearful]
adjective
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers" [syn: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing]
adjective
Brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage" [syn: brave, braw, gay]
noun
A North American Indian warrior
noun
verb
Definition of 'Brave'
From: GCIDE
- Brave \Brave\, n.
- 1. A brave person; one who is daring. [1913 Webster]
- The star-spangled banner, O,long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. --F. S. Key. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically, an Indian warrior. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully. [1913 Webster]
- Hot braves like thee may fight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A challenge; a defiance; bravado. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Demetrius, thou dost overween in all; And so in this, to bear me down with braves. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brave'
From: GCIDE
- Brave \Brave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Braved; p. pr. & vb. n. Braving.]
- 1. To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare. [1913 Webster]
- These I can brave, but those I can not bear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brave'
From: GCIDE
- Brave \Brave\, a. [Compar. Braver; superl. Bravest.] [F. brave, It. or Sp. bravo, (orig.) fierce, wild, savage, prob. from. L. barbarus. See Barbarous, and cf. Bravo.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous. [Obs. or Archaic as applied to material things.] [1913 Webster]
- Iron is a brave commodity where wood aboundeth. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- It being a brave day, I walked to Whitehall. --Pepys. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Making a fine show or display. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Wear my dagger with the braver grace. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In silks I'll rattle it of every color. --Robert Greene. [1913 Webster]
- Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in his golden spots. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Courageous; gallant; daring; valiant; valorous; bold; heroic; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; magnanimous; high-spirited; stout-hearted. See Gallant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'brave'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a man,
- abide,
- abide with,
- Achilles,
- advantageous,
- affront,
- air serviceman,
- Amazon,
- audacious,
- aweless,
- baffle,
- balk,
- banter,
- bear,
- bear with,
- beard,
- bell the cat,
- beneficial,
- bid defiance,
- bide,
- bite the bullet,
- blast,
- bold,
- bold-spirited,
- bravura,
- braw,
- brazen,
- brazen out,
- breast,
- bright,
- bring before,
- bring forward,
- bring up,
- brook,
- bulldog,
- call out,
- cannon fodder,
- challenge,
- chance,
- checkmate,
- chichi,
- chivalric,
- chivalrous,
- chutzpanik,
- circumvent,
- colorful,
- colory,
- confident,
- confound,
- confront,
- confront with,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- courageous,
- court destruction,
- cross,
- dare,
- daring,
- dash,
- dashing,
- dauntless,
- David,
- decorated hero,
- defeat,
- defiant,
- defy,
- defy danger,
- demigod,
- demigoddess,
- destroy,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disrupt,
- double-dare,
- doughty,
- dressy,
- elude,
- encounter,
- endure,
- envisage,
- exhibitionistic,
- face,
- face out,
- face the music,
- face up,
- face up to,
- face with,
- favorable,
- favoring,
- fearless,
- fighting cock,
- fighting man,
- fine,
- flashing,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- flummox,
- foil,
- food for powder,
- forget the odds,
- frilly,
- front,
- frothy,
- frustrate,
- gallant,
- gamble,
- game,
- gamecock,
- gay,
- glittering,
- good soldier,
- grand,
- greathearted,
- gritty,
- gutsy,
- halberdier,
- handsome,
- hang in,
- hang in there,
- hang tough,
- hardy,
- hazard,
- Hector,
- helpful,
- hero,
- heroic,
- heroine,
- herolike,
- hoplite,
- indomitable,
- intrepid,
- ironhearted,
- jaunty,
- jazzy,
- knightlike,
- knightly,
- knock the chocks,
- lay before,
- legionary,
- lion,
- lionhearted,
- lump,
- lump it,
- macho,
- man of courage,
- man-at-arms,
- manful,
- manly,
- meet,
- meet boldly,
- meet head-on,
- meet squarely,
- mettlesome,
- military man,
- navy man,
- noble,
- nonplus,
- outdare,
- outface,
- paladin,
- perplex,
- persevere,
- pikeman,
- place before,
- play with fire,
- plucky,
- present to,
- propitious,
- put it to,
- put up with,
- rakish,
- resolute,
- rifle,
- rifleman,
- risk,
- Roland,
- ruin,
- run the chance,
- run the gauntlet,
- run the risk,
- sabotage,
- Samson,
- scotch,
- scream defiance,
- serviceman,
- set at defiance,
- set before,
- show fight,
- showy,
- smart,
- snazzy,
- soldier,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- speak out,
- speak up,
- spearman,
- spectacular,
- spike,
- spirited,
- splashy,
- splendid,
- splurgy,
- spoil,
- sporty,
- spunky,
- stalwart,
- stand,
- stand for,
- stand up to,
- stare down,
- staunch,
- steadfast,
- stem,
- stick,
- stonewall,
- stout,
- stouthearted,
- stump,
- suffer,
- support,
- sustain,
- take a chance,
- take chances,
- take up with,
- tempt Providence,
- the brave,
- thwart,
- tiger,
- tolerate,
- toward,
- unafraid,
- unapprehensive,
- unblenching,
- undaunted,
- undismayed,
- unfearful,
- unfearing,
- unflinching,
- unfrightened,
- unshrinking,
- unswerving,
- unyielding,
- upset,
- useful,
- valiant,
- valiant knight,
- valorous,
- venture,
- venturesome,
- vivid,
- warrior,
- warrioress