brave

Adjective

• brightly colored and showy
  • girls decked out in brave new dresses
    
  • brave banners flying
    
  • `braw' is a Scottish word
    
  • a dress a bit too gay for her years
    
  • birds with gay plumage
    

• invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  • audacious explorers
    
  • fearless reporters and photographers
    
  • intrepid pioneers
    

• possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
  • Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring- Herman Melville
    
  • a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain- William Wordsworth
    
  • set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory
    

Noun

• people who are brave
  • the home of the free and the brave
    

• a North American Indian warrior

Verb

• face and withstand with courage
  • She braved the elements
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  braw , gay , audacious , dauntless , fearless , hardy , intrepid , unfearing , courageous , weather , endure , brave out
• Antonyms: 
  cowardly , fearful , timid , cautious