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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery, civility |
| Synonyms: | address, attentiveness, audacity, boldness, courage, courageousness, courteousness, courtesy, daring, dauntlessness, deference, derring-do, duty, elegance, fearlessness, graciousness, honor, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, nobility, pluck, poise, politeness, prowess, resolution, reverence, savoir-faire, spirit, tact, urbanity, valiance, valor |
| Antonyms: | cowardliness, fear |
| Main Entry: | attention(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courtesy |
| Synonyms: | amenity, assiduities, care, civility, compliment, consideration, deference, gallantry, mindfulness, politeness, regard, respect, service |
| Antonyms: | disregard |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | courtesy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
| Synonyms: | address, affability, amenities, amiability, attentiveness, ceremony, chivalry, civility, comity, complaisance, consideration, cordiality, courteousness, courtliness, cultivation, culture, deference, elegance, familiarity, favor, friendliness, gallantness, gallantry, generosity, geniality, gentleness, good behavior, good breeding, graciousness, indulgence, kindness, polish, politeness, refinement, respect, reverence, solicitude, suavity, sympathy, tact, thoughtfulness, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, discourtesy, impoliteness, pompousness, rudeness, unmannerliness |
| Main Entry: | flattery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false praise, compliments |
| Synonyms: | adulation, applause, approbation, blandishment, blarney, bootlicking, cajolery, commendation, encomium, eulogy, eyewash, fawning, flattering, flummery, fulsomeness, gallantry, gratification, hokum, honeyed words, incense, ingratiation, jive, laud, mush, obsequiousness, palaver, plaudits, pretty speech, puffery, servility, smoke*, snow job, snow*, soft words, soft-soap, stroke*, sweet talk, sycophancy, toadyism, tribute, truckling, unctuousness |
| Antonyms: | belittlement, castigation, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, insult, offense |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courage |
| Synonyms: | boldness, bravery, dauntlessness, fortitude, gallantry, guts*, mettle, mind, moxie*, nerve, pluck, purpose, resolution, soul, spirit, spunk*, will |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heroism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery |
| Synonyms: | boldness, courage, courageousness, daring, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, intrepidity, nobility, prowess, spirit, strength, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear, meekness, timidity |
| Main Entry: | mettle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness, strength of character |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, backbone, bravery, caliber, courage, daring, dauntlessness, disposition, energy, fire, force, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, indomitability, kidney, life*, makeup, moxie, nature, nerve, pluck, quality, resolution, resolve, spirit, spunk, stamina, stamp, starch, temper, temperament, valor, vigor, vitality |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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