Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dreadful |
| Synonyms: | awesome, brave, courageous, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightening, illustrious, imminent, terrible, valiant |
| Main Entry: | fearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrifying |
| Synonyms: | appalling, astounding, atrocious, awful, baleful, bloodcurdling, creepy, dire, distressing, dreadful, eerie, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grievous, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrific, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, overwhelming, redoubtable, shocking, shuddersome, sinister, strange, sublime, terrible, tremendous, unearthly, unspeakable |
| Notes: | someone may be fearful; someone or something may be fearsome |
| Antonyms: | good, nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | formidable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, terrifying |
| Synonyms: | appalling, awful, dangerous, daunting, dire, dismaying, dreadful, fearful, fierce, frightful, horrific, imposing, impregnable, intimidating, menacing, redoubtable, shocking, terrible, terrific, threatening |
| Antonyms: | feeble, friendly, harmless, nice, pleasant, powerless, weak |
| Main Entry: | respectable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good, honest |
| Synonyms: | admirable, appropriate, august, becoming, befitting, comely, conforming, correct, creditable, decent, decorous, dignified, done, estimable, fair, honorable, mediocre, moderate, modest, nice, ordinary, passable, presentable, proper, redoubtable, redoubted, reputable, reputed, respected, satisfactory, seemly, sublime, suitable, tolerable, upright, venerable, virtuous, well-thought-of, worthy |
| Antonyms: | bad, corrupt, dishonest, dishonorable, unrespectable, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | stalwart |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong, valiant |
| Synonyms: | athletic, bold, bound, bound and determined, brave, brawny, brick-wall, courageous, daring, dauntless, dead set on, dependable, fearless, forceful, gutsy, hanging tough, hefty, husky, indomitable, intrepid, lusty, muscular, nervy, powerhouse, redoubtable, robust, rugged, sinewy, solid, spunky*, staunch, steamroller, stout, stouthearted, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, unafraid, undaunted, valorous, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | cowardly, meek, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinct, unmistakable |
| Synonyms: | clear, clear-cut, cogent, compelling, convincing, effective, fast, firm, forceful, formidable, great, hard, influential, marked, mighty, overpowering, persuasive, potent, powerful, redoubtable, secure, sharp, sound, stiff, stimulating, telling, trenchant, urgent, weighty, well-established, well-founded |
| Antonyms: | indistinct, mistakable, obscure, vague |
| Main Entry: | valiant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, assertive, audacious, bold, chivalrous, courageous, dauntless, fearless, fire-eating, gallant, game, grand, great, gritty, gutsy, gutty, heroic, high-spirited, indomitable, intrepid, lion-hearted, magnanimous, nervy, noble, plucky, powerful, puissant, redoubtable, self-reliant, spunky*, stalwart, steadfast, stout, stouthearted, strong-willed, unafraid, undaunted, undismayed, valorous, venturesome, venturous, vigorous, worthy |
| Antonyms: | afraid, cowardly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doughty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold |
| Synonyms: | awesome, brave, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, redoubtable, stouthearted, valiant |
| Antonyms: | timid |
| Main Entry: | frightening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearsome |
| Synonyms: | daunting, disheartening, formidable, rebarbative, redoubtable |
| Antonyms: | comforting |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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