brave

brave

verb

Definition of BRAVE

to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage <a soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue her wounded comrade>

Synonyms beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, dare, defy, outbrave, outface

Related Words face up (to), front; affront; challenge; encounter, meet; accost, approach, corner; repel, resist, stand, withstand; battle, combat, contend (with), fight, oppose, square (off)

Near Antonyms avoid, eschew, shun; elude, escape, evade, shake

Antonyms dodge, duck, funk, shirk, sidestep