brave

brave is a 5-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.
2. superlative. Having any sort of superiority or excellence; -- especially such as in conspicuous.
3. superlative. Making a fine show or display.
4. noun. A brave person; one who is daring.
5. noun. Specifically, an Indian warrior.
6. noun. A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
7. noun. A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
8. transitive verb. To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.
9. transitive verb. To adorn; to make fine or showy.
10. noun. people who are brave

    "the home of the free and the brave"

11. noun. a North American Indian warrior
12. verb. face and withstand with courage

    "She braved the elements"

    Synonyms: endure, weather

13. adjective. invulnerable to fear or intimidation

    "audacious explorers"

    "fearless reporters and photographers"

    Synonyms: audacious, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing

14. adjective. possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching- Herman Melville- William Wordsworth

    "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"

    "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"

    Synonyms: courageous

15. adjective. brightly colored and showy

    "girls decked out in brave new dresses"

    "brave banners flying"

    Synonyms: braw, gay

Synonyms

endure, weather, audacious, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing, courageous, braw, gay

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in brave:

breva

Common word forms

braved, braver, braves, bravely, bravest, braving, braveness

Words from these letters

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