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

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

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

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

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

Antonym: timid

Encyclopedia: Brave, Pennsylvania