prowesses

Main Entry:
undauntedness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: courage
Synonyms: adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audacity, backbone*, braveness, bravery, bravura, courageousness, daring, dash, dauntlessness, determination, doughtiness, endurance, enterprise, fearlessness, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, heroism, intrepidity, intrepidness, lion-heartedness, mettle, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, power, prowess, pugnacity, rashness, recklessness, resolution, spirit, spunk*, stoutheartedness, temerity, tenacity, valiance, valiancy, valiantness, valor, venturesomeness, élan
Main Entry: valiance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: heroism
Synonyms: boldness, courage, courageousness, daring, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, intrepidity, nobility, prowess, spirit, strength, valiancy, valor, valorousness
Main Entry: valiancy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: heroism
Synonyms: boldness, courage, courageousness, daring, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, intrepidity, nobility, prowess, spirit, strength, valiance, valor, valorousness
Main Entry: valiantness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: courage
Synonyms: adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audacity, backbone*, braveness, bravery, bravura, courageousness, daring, dash, dauntlessness, determination, doughtiness, endurance, enterprise, fearlessness, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, heroism, intrepidity, intrepidness, lion-heartedness, mettle, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, power, prowess, pugnacity, rashness, recklessness, resolution, spirit, spunk*, stoutheartedness, temerity, tenacity, undauntedness, valiance, valiancy, valor, venturesomeness, élan
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Main Entry: readiness
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
bent upon, content, cordial, corrigible, disposed, docile, eager, earnest, easily persuaded, easy, facile, fain, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, favorably minded, forward, genial, gracious, gratuitous, hearty, in the humor, in the mind, in the mood, in the vein, inclined, minded, nothing loth, persuadable, persuasible, predisposed, propense, ready, spontaneous, suasible, tractable, unasked, unforced, voluntary, willing
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Main Entry: skill
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
a good hand at, able, accomplished, adroit, affabrous, alive to, ambidextral, ambidextrous, apt, artistic, at home in, businesslike, capable, clever, competent, conversant, crack, cunning, cut out for, dab, daedalian, dedal, deft, dexterous, discreet, efficient, endowed, experienced, expert, fabrile, felicitous, fine, fit for, fitted, fitted for, gain, gifted, good at, habile, hackneyed, hand, in practice, in proper cue, ingenious, initiated, inventive, master of, masterful, masterly, neat, practiced, prepared, primed, proficient, qualified, quick, ready, scientific, sharp, shipshape, shrewd, skilled, skillful, smart, statesmanlike, surefooted, talented, technical, thoroughbred, trained, up in, up to, up to snuff, up to the mark, well up in, workmanlike
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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Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Skill.
Category: 2. Complex voluntary action
Synonyms:
-nouns
skill, skillfulness, address; dexterity, dexterousness; adroitness, expertness, expertise; proficiency, competence, craft, callidity, facility, knack, trick, sleight; mastery, mastership, excellence, panurgy; ambidexterity, ambidextrousness; sleight of hand (deception)., airmanship, coachmanship, craftsmanship, draftsmanship, draughtsmanship, horsemanship, huntsmanship, marksmanship, penmanship, seamanship, sportsmanship, statesmanship, swordsmanship; rope-dancing., accomplishment, acquirement, attainment; art, science; technicality, technology; practical knowledge, technical knowledge., knowledge of the world, world wisdom, savoir faire; tact; mother wit (sagacity); discretion (caution); finesse; craftiness (cunning); management (conduct); self-help., cleverness, talent, ability, ingenuity, capacity, parts, talents, faculty, endowment, forte, turn, gift, genius; intelligence; sharpness, readiness (activity); invention; aptness, aptitude; turn for, capacity for, genius for; felicity, capability, curiosa felicitas, qualification, habilitation., proficient., masterpiece, coup de maitre, chef d'euvre, tour de force; good stroke (plan).
-verbs
be skillful; excel in, be master of; have a turn for., know what's what, know a hawk from a handsaw, know what one is about, know on which side one's bread is buttered, know what's o'clock; have cut one's eye teeth, have cut one's wisdom teeth., see one's way, see where the wind lies, see which way the wind blows; have all one's wits about one, have one's hand in; savoir vivre; scire quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent., look after the main chance; cut one's coat according to one's cloth; live by one's wits; exercise one's discretion, feather the oar, sail near the wind; stoop to conquer (cunning); play one's cards well, play one's best card; hit the right nail on the head, put the saddle on the right horse., take advantage of, make the most of; profit by (use); make a hit (succeed); make a virtue of necessity; make hay while the sun shines (occasion).
-adjectives
skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain; slick, smart (active); proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished; conversant (knowing)., experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed; up in, well up in; in practice, in proper cue; competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished., clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed; inventive; shrewd, sharp (intelligent); cunning; alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff; discreet., neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure-footed; cut out for, fitted for., technical, artistic, scientific, daedalian, shipshape; workman-like, business-like, statesman-like.
-adverbs
skillfully; well; artistically; with skill, with consummate skill; secundum artem, suo Marte; to the best of one's abilities (exertion) [more].
-phrases
ars celare artem; artes honorabit; celui qui veut celui-la peut; c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher sonhabilite; expertus metuit [Horace]; es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt; "heart to coceive
Antonyms: unskillfulness
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