You are very brave.
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Brave
//bɹeɪv//
Synonyms for "brave" (314 found)
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Strong matches (94)
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Adjective(7 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (157)
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Adjective(13 words)
Verb(1 words)
How these synonyms differ
- bold - 'Bold' emphasizes willingness to take risks, it includes bravery but also audacity and confidence.
- courageous - 'Courageous' is the formal, literary sibling of 'brave', it implies moral fiber and deliberate choice in the face of danger.
- fearless - 'Fearless' implies the absence of fear entirely, while brave people feel fear and act anyway, fearless people seem not to feel it.
- valiant - 'Valiant' is heroic and literary, it implies fighting against the odds with dignity, often in defeat as much as victory.
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Translations
257 translations across 114 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- braaf adj (strong in the face of fear)
- dapper adj (strong in the face of fear)
Albanian
3 entries- Trrim adj (strong in the face of fear)
- i guximshëm adj (strong in the face of fear)
- Trimerisht verb (to encounter with courage)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- θρασύς adj (strong in the face of fear)
- ἀνδρεῖος adj (strong in the face of fear)
Arabic
4 entries- جريء adj (strong in the face of fear)
- جَرِيء adj (strong in the face of fear)
- جَسُور adj (strong in the face of fear)
- شجاع adj (strong in the face of fear)
Armenian
1 entries- քաջ adj (strong in the face of fear)
Aromanian
1 entries- gioni adj (strong in the face of fear)
Asturian
3 entries- bravu adj (strong in the face of fear)
- coraxosu adj (strong in the face of fear)
- valiente adj (strong in the face of fear)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- comərd adj (strong in the face of fear)
- cəsur adj (strong in the face of fear)
- mərd adj (strong in the face of fear)
- ürəkli adj (strong in the face of fear)
Bashkir
2 entries- батыр adj (strong in the face of fear)
- ҡыйыу adj (strong in the face of fear)
Basque
1 entries- ausart adj (strong in the face of fear)
Belarusian
3 entries- адва́жны adj (strong in the face of fear)
- сме́лы adj (strong in the face of fear)
- хра́бры adj (strong in the face of fear)
Bengali
1 entries- সাহসী adj (strong in the face of fear)
Breton
1 entries- kaloneg adj (strong in the face of fear)
Bulgarian
4 entries- смел adj (strong in the face of fear)
- хра́бър adj (strong in the face of fear)
- индиански воин noun (native American warrior)
- осмеля се verb (to encounter with courage)
Burmese
2 entries- ရဲရင့် adj (strong in the face of fear)
- သတ္တိကောင်း adj (strong in the face of fear)
Catalan
3 entries- audaç adj (strong in the face of fear)
- coratjós adj (strong in the face of fear)
- valent adj (strong in the face of fear)
Cebuano
1 entries- sungasong verb (to encounter with courage)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- ئازا adj (strong in the face of fear)
- قارەمان adj (strong in the face of fear)
Chechen
1 entries- майра adj (strong in the face of fear)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏧᎵᏨᏯᏍᏗ adj (strong in the face of fear)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 勇敢 adj (strong in the face of fear)
Czech
4 entries- odvážný adj (strong in the face of fear)
- statečný adj (strong in the face of fear)
- odvážně čelit verb (to encounter with courage)
- postavit se verb (to encounter with courage)
Danish
1 entries- modig adj (strong in the face of fear)
Dutch
1 entries- moedig adj (strong in the face of fear)
Esperanto
2 entries- brava adj (strong in the face of fear)
- kuraĝa adj (strong in the face of fear)
Estonian
3 entries- julge adj (strong in the face of fear)
- vahva adj (strong in the face of fear)
- vapper adj (strong in the face of fear)
Faroese
1 entries- djarvur adj (strong in the face of fear)
Finnish
4 entries- reipas adj (strong in the face of fear)
- rohkea adj (strong in the face of fear)
- urhea adj (strong in the face of fear)
- intiaanisoturi noun (native American warrior)
French
1 entries- courageux adj (strong in the face of fear)
Friulian
1 entries- di fiât adj (strong in the face of fear)
Galician
2 entries- bravo adj (strong in the face of fear)
- valente adj (strong in the face of fear)
Georgian
4 entries- გაბედული adj (strong in the face of fear)
- გამბედავი adj (strong in the face of fear)
- გულადი adj (strong in the face of fear)
- გულოვანი adj (strong in the face of fear)
German
4 entries- mutig adj (strong in the face of fear)
- tapfer adj (strong in the face of fear)
- Krieger noun (native American warrior)
- trotzen verb (to encounter with courage)
Greek
2 entries- γενναίος adj (strong in the face of fear)
- θαρραλέος adj (strong in the face of fear)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- brav adj (strong in the face of fear)
Hawaiian
1 entries- koa adj (strong in the face of fear)
Hebrew
2 entries- אַמִּיץ adj (strong in the face of fear)
- אמיצה adj (strong in the face of fear)
Hindi
2 entries- बहादुर adj (strong in the face of fear)
- व्यकित adj (strong in the face of fear)
Hungarian
1 entries- bátor adj (strong in the face of fear)
Icelandic
1 entries- hugrakkur adj (strong in the face of fear)
Ido
2 entries- brava adj (strong in the face of fear)
- kurajoza adj (strong in the face of fear)
Igbo
1 entries- ebube adj (strong in the face of fear)
Indonesian
2 entries- berani adj (strong in the face of fear)
- menerjang verb (to encounter with courage)
Ingush
1 entries- майра adj (strong in the face of fear)
Irish
4 entries- calma adj (strong in the face of fear)
- cróga adj (strong in the face of fear)
- fearúil adj (strong in the face of fear)
- misniúil adj (strong in the face of fear)
Italian
4 entries- ardito adj (strong in the face of fear)
- audace adj (strong in the face of fear)
- baldo adj (strong in the face of fear)
- coraggioso adj (strong in the face of fear)
Japanese
4 entries- 勇敢な adj (strong in the face of fear)
- 勇気ある adj (strong in the face of fear)
- 勇猛な adj (strong in the face of fear)
- 雄々しい adj (strong in the face of fear)
Javanese
1 entries- wani adj (strong in the face of fear)
Kazakh
4 entries- батыл adj (strong in the face of fear)
- батыр adj (strong in the face of fear)
- дәділ adj (strong in the face of fear)
- ержүрек adj (strong in the face of fear)
Khmer
1 entries- ក្លាហាន adj (strong in the face of fear)
Korean
1 entries- 용감하다 adj (strong in the face of fear)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- батымдуу adj (strong in the face of fear)
- жүрөктүү adj (strong in the face of fear)
- кайраттуу adj (strong in the face of fear)
Ladino
1 entries- korajozo adj (strong in the face of fear)
Lao
3 entries- ກຳແຫງ adj (strong in the face of fear)
- ກ້າ adj (strong in the face of fear)
- ກ້າຫານ adj (strong in the face of fear)
Latin
3 entries- animosus adj (strong in the face of fear)
- fortis adj (strong in the face of fear)
- magnanimus adj (strong in the face of fear)
Latvian
2 entries- drosmīgs adj (strong in the face of fear)
- drošs adj (strong in the face of fear)
Lithuanian
1 entries- drąsus adj (strong in the face of fear)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- couragéiert adj (strong in the face of fear)
- daper adj (strong in the face of fear)
Macedonian
2 entries- смел adj (strong in the face of fear)
- хра́бар adj (strong in the face of fear)
Malay
1 entries- berani adj (strong in the face of fear)
Malayalam
2 entries- ധീര adj (strong in the face of fear)
- ധൈര്യമുള്ള adj (strong in the face of fear)
Maltese
1 entries- kuraġġuż adj (strong in the face of fear)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠪᠠᡨᡠ᠋ᡵᡠ adj (strong in the face of fear)
Marathi
1 entries- चातुर्य adj (strong in the face of fear)
Middle English
1 entries- doughty adj (strong in the face of fear)
Mongolian
2 entries- зоригтой adj (strong in the face of fear)
- эрэлхэг adj (strong in the face of fear)
Māori
3 entries- hautoa adj (strong in the face of fear)
- māia adj (strong in the face of fear)
- toa adj (strong in the face of fear)
Norman
1 entries- brave adj (strong in the face of fear)
Norwegian
1 entries- modig adj (strong in the face of fear)
Occitan
2 entries- coratjós adj (strong in the face of fear)
- valent adj (strong in the face of fear)
Ojibwe
1 entries- zoongide'e adj (strong in the face of fear)
Old English
1 entries- beald adj (strong in the face of fear)
Old Javanese
1 entries- wani adj (strong in the face of fear)
Ottawa
2 entries- aakde'e adj (strong in the face of fear)
- zoongde'e adj (strong in the face of fear)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قوچاق adj (strong in the face of fear)
Pacoh
1 entries- préinh adj (strong in the face of fear)
Persian
3 entries- دلیر adj (strong in the face of fear)
- شجاع adj (strong in the face of fear)
- نیو adj (strong in the face of fear)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- brow adj (strong in the face of fear)
Polish
3 entries- chrobry adj (strong in the face of fear)
- dzielny adj (strong in the face of fear)
- odważny adj (strong in the face of fear)
Portuguese
4 entries- bravio adj (strong in the face of fear)
- bravo adj (strong in the face of fear)
- corajoso adj (strong in the face of fear)
- valente adj (strong in the face of fear)
Romanian
2 entries- brav adj (strong in the face of fear)
- curajos adj (strong in the face of fear)
Russian
4 entries- бесстра́шный adj (strong in the face of fear)
- бра́вый adj (strong in the face of fear)
- дивный adj ((obsolete) having any sort of superiority or excellence)
- отва́жный adj (strong in the face of fear)
Sanskrit
1 entries- वीर adj (strong in the face of fear)
Scots
1 entries- wicht adj (strong in the face of fear)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- misneachail adj (strong in the face of fear)
- tapaidh adj (strong in the face of fear)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- hrabar adj (strong in the face of fear)
- храбар adj (strong in the face of fear)
Sicilian
1 entries- curaggiusu adj (strong in the face of fear)
Slovak
4 entries- odvážny adj (strong in the face of fear)
- statočný adj (strong in the face of fear)
- zdolať verb (to encounter with courage)
- zvládnuť verb (to encounter with courage)
Slovene
2 entries- hraber adj (strong in the face of fear)
- pogumen adj (strong in the face of fear)
Somali
1 entries- geesi adj (strong in the face of fear)
Southern Altai
1 entries- јӱректӱ adj (strong in the face of fear)
Spanish
4 entries- bravo adj (strong in the face of fear)
- corajoso (desus.) adj (strong in the face of fear)
- corajudo adj (strong in the face of fear)
- valeroso adj (strong in the face of fear)
Swahili
1 entries- jasiri adj (strong in the face of fear)
Swedish
1 entries- modig adj (strong in the face of fear)
Tagalog
1 entries- matapang adj (strong in the face of fear)
Tajik
4 entries- далер adj (strong in the face of fear)
- диловар adj (strong in the face of fear)
- шуҷоатманд adj (strong in the face of fear)
- шуҷоъ adj (strong in the face of fear)
Tamil
1 entries- தைரியசாலி adj (strong in the face of fear)
Telugu
1 entries- ధైర్యమైన adj (strong in the face of fear)
Thai
2 entries- กล้า adj (strong in the face of fear)
- กล้าหาญ adj (strong in the face of fear)
Tibetan
2 entries- དཔའ་བོ adj (strong in the face of fear)
- བློ་ཁོག་ཆེན་པོ adj (strong in the face of fear)
Turkish
4 entries- cesaretli adj (strong in the face of fear)
- cesur adj (strong in the face of fear)
- korkusuz adj (strong in the face of fear)
- mert adj (strong in the face of fear)
Turkmen
2 entries- batyr adj (strong in the face of fear)
- mert adj (strong in the face of fear)
Tuvan
3 entries- дидим adj (strong in the face of fear)
- кайгал adj (strong in the face of fear)
- эккер-эрес adj (strong in the face of fear)
Ukrainian
3 entries- відва́жний adj (strong in the face of fear)
- сміли́вий adj (strong in the face of fear)
- хоро́брий adj (strong in the face of fear)
Unami
1 entries- ilamàlsi adj (strong in the face of fear)
Urdu
1 entries- بهادر adj (strong in the face of fear)
Uyghur
4 entries- باتۇر adj (strong in the face of fear)
- جەسۇر adj (strong in the face of fear)
- قورقماس adj (strong in the face of fear)
- مەرد adj (strong in the face of fear)
Uzbek
4 entries- botir adj (strong in the face of fear)
- dovyurak adj (strong in the face of fear)
- jasur adj (strong in the face of fear)
- mard adj (strong in the face of fear)
Vietnamese
4 entries- dũng cảm adj (strong in the face of fear)
- gan dạ adj (strong in the face of fear)
- gan góc adj (strong in the face of fear)
- mạnh bạo adj (strong in the face of fear)
Volapük
1 entries- kuradik adj (strong in the face of fear)
Walloon
3 entries- bråve adj (strong in the face of fear)
- coraedjeus adj (strong in the face of fear)
- franc adj (strong in the face of fear)
Welsh
4 entries- dewr adj (strong in the face of fear)
- eofn adj (strong in the face of fear)
- glew adj (strong in the face of fear)
- gwrdd adj (strong in the face of fear)
Yiddish
2 entries- העלדיש adj (strong in the face of fear)
- מוטיק adj (strong in the face of fear)
Zulu
1 entries- nesibindi adj (strong in the face of fear)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
I admire your brave deed.
Source: tatoeba (16875)
Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
Source: tatoeba (20068)
He was brave in the face of danger.
Source: tatoeba (20695)
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