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courageous


 
  Grep  of  noun  courageous 
  courageousness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  courageous 
 
  The  adj  courageous  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  brave,  courageous,  fearless  --  (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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  courageous 
 
  1  sense  of  courageous 
 
  Sense  1 
  brave  (vs.  cowardly),  courageous,  fearless 
 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  courageous 
 
  1  sense  of  courageous 
 
  Sense  1 
  brave  (vs.  cowardly),  courageous,  fearless 
  =>  desperate,  heroic 
  =>  gallant 
  =>  game,  gamy,  gamey,  gritty,  mettlesome,  spirited,  spunky 
  =>  lionhearted 
  =>  stalwart,  stouthearted 
  =>  valiant,  valorous 
  =>  undaunted 
  Also  See->  adventurous#1,  adventuresome#1;  bold#1;  resolute#1;  unafraid#1,  fearless#1 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  courageous 
 
  1  sense  of  courageous 
 
  Sense  1 
  brave  (vs.  cowardly),  courageous,  fearless 
  =>  courage,  courageousness,  bravery 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  courageous 
 
  courageous  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  courageous 
  courageous 
 
  Overview  of  adj  courageous 
 
  The  adj  courageous  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  brave,  courageous,  fearless  --  (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") 



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