courageous

3 definitions found

courageous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Courageous \Cour*a"geous\ (k?r-?"j?s), a. [F. courageux.]
     Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           With this victory, the women became most courageous and
           proud, and the men waxed . . . fearful and desperate.
                                                    --Stow.
  
     Syn: Gallant; brave; bold; daring; valiant; valorous; heroic;
          intrepid; fearless; hardy; stout; adventurous;
          enterprising. See Gallant.
          [1913 Webster]

courageous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  courageous
      adj 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"- 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"
             [syn: brave, courageous] [ant: cowardly, fearful]

courageous - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "courageous":
     audacious, bold, bold-spirited, brave, chivalric, chivalrous,
     daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fiery, gallant, game,
     greathearted, gritty, gutsy, gutty, hardy, heroic, herolike,
     high-spirited, intrepid, ironhearted, knightlike, knightly,
     lionhearted, manful, manly, mettlesome, plucky, soldierlike,
     soldierly, spunky, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, strong,
     tenacious, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous