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courage

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Main Entry: courage
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boldness, braveness
Synonyms: adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audacity, backbone, bravery, bravura, daring, dash, dauntlessness, determination, endurance, enterprise, fearlessness, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, grit, guts, hardihood, heroism, intrepidity, lion-heartedness, mettle, nerve, pluck, power, prowess, pugnacity, rashness, recklessness, resolution, spirit, spunk, stoutheartedness, temerity, tenacity, valor, venturesomeness, élan
Antonyms: cowardice, faint-heartedness, fear, meekness, timidity, weakness
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Absence of fear.] Courage.
Category: 3. Prospective Affections
Synonyms:
-nouns
courage, bravery, valor; resoluteness, boldness; spirit, daring, gallantry, intrepidity; contempt of danger, defiance of danger; derring-do; audacity; rashness; dash; defiance; confidence, self-reliance., manliness, manhood; nerve, pluck, mettle, game; heart, heart of grace; spunk, guts, face, virtue, hardihood, fortitude, intestinal fortitude; firmness (stability); heart of oak; bottom, backbone, spine (perseverance)., resolution (determination); bulldog courage., prowess, heroism, chivalry., exploit, feat, achievement; heroic deed, heroic act; bold stroke., man, man of mettle; hero, demigod, Amazon, Hector; lion, tiger, panther, bulldog; gamecock, fighting-cock; bully, fire eater [more].
-verbs
be courageous; dare, venture, make bold; face danger, front danger, affront danger, confront danger, brave danger, defy danger, despise danger, mock danger; look in the face; look full in the face, look boldly in the face, look danger in the face; face; meet, meet in front; brave, beard; defy., take courage, muster courage, summon up courage, pluck up courage; nerve oneself, take heart; take heart, pluck up heart of grace; hold up one's head, screw one's courage to the sticking place; come up to scratch; stick to one's guns, standfire, stand against; bear up, bear up against; hold out (persevere)., put a bold face upon; show a bold front, present a bold front; show fight; face the music., bell the cat, take the bull by the horns, beard the lion in his den, march up to the cannon's mouth, go through fire and water, run the gantlet., give courage, infuse courage, inspire courage; reassure, encourage, embolden, inspirit, cheer, nerve, put upon one's mettle, rally, raise a rallying cry; pat on the back, make a man of., keep in countenance.
-adjectives
courageous, brave; valiant, valorous; gallant, intrepid; spirited, spiritful; high-spirited, high-mettled; mettlesome, plucky; manly, manful; resolute; stout,.stout-hearted; iron-hearted, lion-hearted; heart of oak; Penthesilean., bold, bold-spirited; daring, audacious; fearless, dauntless, dreadless, aweless; undaunted, unappalled, undismayed, unawed, unblanched, unabashed, unalaxmed, unflinching, unshrinking, unblanching, unapprehensive; confident, self-reliant; bold as a lion, bold as brass., enterprising, adventurous; venturous, venturesome; dashing, chivalrous; soldierly (warlike); heroic.
-phrases
one's blood being up; courage sans peur;fortes fortuna adjuvat [Terence]; "have I not in my time heard lions roar" [Taming of the Shrew]; "I dare do all that may become a man" [Macbeth]; male vincetis sed vincite [Ovid]; omne solum.forti patria.; "self-trust is the essence of heroism" [Emerson]; stimulos dedit oemula virtus [Lucan]; "strong and great, a hero" [Longfellow]; teloque animus proestantior omni [Ovid]; "there, is always safety in valor"
Antonyms: cowardice; fear
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Main Entry: assurance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: confidence
Synonyms: aggressiveness, aplomb, arrogance, assuredness, audacity, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, conviction, coolness, courage, effrontery, faith, firmness, impudence, nerve, poise, positiveness, presumption, security, self-confidence, self-reliance, sureness, surety, temerity, trust
Antonyms: confusion, distrust, doubt, fear, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, uncertainty
Main Entry: audacity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: recklessness, daring
Synonyms: adventurousness, audaciousness, boldness, bravery, courage, dauntlessness, enterprise, fearlessness, guts, intrepidity, nerve, rashness, valor, venturesomeness
Antonyms: care, carefulness, caution, reserve, timidity
Main Entry: backbone
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: strength of character
Synonyms: courage, determination, firmness, fortitude, grit, guts, hardihood, heart, intestinal fortitude, mettle, moral fiber, nerve, pluck, resolution, resolve, spunk, stamina, steadfastness, tenacity, toughness, will, willpower
Antonyms: ineptness, powerlessness, spinelessness, weakness
Main Entry: bravery
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boldness
Synonyms: courage, daring, dauntlessness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts, hardiness, heroism, indomitability, intrepidity, mettle, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, spunk, valor
Antonyms: cowardice, diffidence, humility, timidity
Main Entry: character
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: integrity
Synonyms: courage, fame, honor, intelligence, mind, name, place, position, rank, rectitude, rep, report, reputation, repute, standing, station, status, uprightness
Notes: character is what one is; reputation is what one is thought to be by others
Main Entry: chivalry
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: valor, gallantry
Synonyms: courage, courtesy, courtliness, fairness, politeness, valiance
Antonyms: cowardice, fear, humbleness, humility
Main Entry: confidence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief in oneself
Synonyms: aplomb, assurance, backbone, boldness, brashness, certainty, cool, courage, daring, dash, determination, elan, faith in oneself, fearlessness, firmness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, heart, impudence, intrepidity, mettle, morale, nerve, pluck, poise, presumption, reliance, resoluteness, resolution, self-possession, self-reliance, spirit, spunk, sureness, tenacity
Antonyms: uncertainty, unconfidence
Main Entry: determination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: perseverance
Synonyms: assurance, backbone*, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, constancy, conviction, courage, dauntlessness, decision, dedication, doggedness, dogmatism, drive, energy, fearlessness, firm-ness, fortitude, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, independence, indomitability, intrepidity, nerve*, obstinacy, persistence, pluck, purpose, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, self-confidence, single-mindedness, spine, spunk*, steadfastness, stiff upper lip, stubbornness, tenacity, valor, willpower
Antonyms: disinterest, doubt, hesitation, irresolution, spinelessness, vacillation
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