Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courage, determination |
| Synonyms: | backbone, daring, doggedness, fortitude, gameness, guts*, hardihood, intestinal fortitude, mettle, moxie*, nerve, perseverance, pluck, resolution, spine, spirit, spunk, steadfastness, tenacity, toughness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, timidity, weakness |
* = 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: | manhood/womanhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical maturity and strength of adult male or female |
| Synonyms: | adulthood, coming of age, fecundity, femininity, fertility, manfulness, manliness, masculinity, mettle, potency, virility, womanliness, womanness |
| Antonyms: | childhood |
| Main Entry: | morale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence, self-esteem |
| Synonyms: | assurance, attitude, disposition, drive, esprit, esprit de corps, heart, humor, mettle, mood, outlook, resolve, self-confidence, self-possession, spirit, temper, temperament, turn, vigor |
| Notes: | moral (noun) means the lesson or principle of a story or event - (adjective) relating to lessons or principles of right and wrong; morale is a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose or the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed |
| Main Entry: | moxie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courage |
| Synonyms: | adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audacity, backbone, boldness, braveness, bravery, daring, dash, dauntlessness, determination, fearlessness, fortitude, gameness, grit, guts, hardihood, mettle, nerve, pluck, prowess, spirit, spunk, stamina, tenacity, toughness, valor |
| Main Entry: | nerve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | daring, boldness |
| Synonyms: | assumption, assurance, audacity, backbone, brass, bravery, brazenness, cheek, chutzpah*, confidence, coolness, courage, crust, determination, effrontery, endurance, energy, face*, fearlessness, firmness, force, fortitude, gall*, gameness, grit, guts*, hardihood, hardiness, heart*, impertinence, impudence, insolence, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, mettle, might, moxie*, pluck, presumption, resolution, sauce, spirit, spunk*, starch, steadfastness, stomach*, temerity, vigor, will |
| Antonyms: | fear, modesty, shyness, timidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pluck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's resolution, courage |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, boldness, bravery, dauntlessness, determination, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, mettle, moxie*, nerve, resolution, spirit, spunk |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, dispiritedness, irresolution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | resolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determination, strong will |
| Synonyms: | aim, boldness, constancy, courage, dauntlessness, decidedness, decision, declaration, dedication, doggedness, earnestness, energy, firmness, fixed purpose, fortitude, guts*, heart*, immovability, intent, intention, judgment, mettle, moxie*, obstinacy, perseverance, pluck, purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolve, settlement, sincerity, spirit, spunk, staunchness, staying power, steadfastness, stubbornness, tenacity, verdict, willpower |
| Antonyms: | compliance, indecision, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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