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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | greatness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nobleness of character; eminence |
| Synonyms: | celebrity, chivalry, dignity, distinction, fame, generosity, glory, grandeur, heroism, high-mindedness, idealism, illustriousness, importance, loftiness, magnanimity, majesty, merit, morality, nobility, note, prominence, renown, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | prowess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, courage, daring, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gallantry, grit, guts*, heart*, heroism, intrepidity, mettle, moxie*, nerve, pluck, right stuff, spunk, starch, stomach*, stuff*, true grit, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rescue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saving from danger |
| Synonyms: | deliverance, delivery, disembarrassment, disentanglement, emancipation, exploit, extrication, feat, heroics, heroism, liberation, performance, ransom, reclaiming, reclamation, recovering, recovery, redemption, release, relief, salvage, salvation, saving |
| Antonyms: | danger, peril |
| Main Entry: | valor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, courage, dash*, defiance, derring-do, determination, fearlessness, fight, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart, heroism, indomitableness, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, invincibility, mettle, moxie*, nerve, pluck, prowess, resolution, sand*, spirit, spunk, starch, stomach*, tenacity, valiance, valiancy |
| Antonyms: | cowardice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act of courage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heroic achievement |
| Synonyms: | chivalry, gallant act, heroism, knightly deed, soldierly conduct |
| Main Entry: | braveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courage |
| Synonyms: | boldness, bravery, courageousness, daring, daringness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gallantry, gameness, grit, guts, heart, heroism, intrepidity, intrepidness, mettle, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, stoutheartedness, undauntedness, valiance, valiancy, valiantness, valor |
| Main Entry: | dauntlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courage |
| Synonyms: | boldness, braveness, bravery, courageousness, daring, daringness, fearlessness, gallantry, gameness, grit, guts, heart, heroism, intrepidity, intrepidness, mettle, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, stoutheartedness, undauntedness, valiance, valiancy, valiantness, valor |
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