1. 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"
   - courageous 
2. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation
   - audacious, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing 
3. Brightly coloured and showy
   "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"
   - braw [UK, dialect], gay

1. Face and withstand with courage
   "She braved the elements"
   - weather, endure, brave out

1. People who are brave
   "the home of the free and the brave" 
2. [archaic] A North American Indian warrior

Derived forms: braved, bravest, braves, braver, braving

See also: adventuresome, adventurous, bold, braveness, bravery, colorful [US], colourful [Brit, Cdn], courage, courageousness, desperate, fearless, gallant, game, gamey, gamy, gritty, heroic, lionhearted, mettlesome, resolute, spirited, spunky, stalwart, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous

Type of: defy, hold, hold up, people, warrior, withstand

Antonym: cowardly, timid

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