Brave

Definition: Brave

Brave

Adjective

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".

2. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers".

3. Brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage".

Noun

1. A North American Indian warrior.

2. People who are brave; "the home of the free and the brave".

Verb

1. Face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "brave" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Brave

Beauty

Phrase: auxilium non leve vultus habet; "beauty born of murmuring sound"; "flowers preach to us if we will hear"; gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus; "none but the brave deserve the fair"; "thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty".

Combatant

Armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible; auxiliary, bersagliere, brave; garde-nationale, garde-royale; minuteman; auxiliary forces, reserve forces; reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater; guards, guardsman; yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops.

Courage

Verb: be courageous; Adjective: dare, venture, make bold; face danger, front danger, affront danger, confront danger, brave danger, defy danger, despise danger, mock danger; look in the face; look full in the face, look boldly in the face, look danger in the face; face; meet, meet in front; brave, beard; defy.

Adjective: courageous, brave; valiant, valorous; gallant, intrepid; spirited, spiritful; high-spirited, high-mettled; mettlesome, plucky; manly, manful; resolute; stout,.stout-hearted; iron-hearted, lion-hearted; heart of oak; Penthesilean.

Defiance

Verb: defy, dare, beard; brave; (courage); bid defiance to; set at defiance, set at naught; hurl defiance at; dance the war dance, beat the war drums; snap the fingers at, laugh to scorn; disobey.

Diuturnity

Verb: last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years.

Excitability

Bear the brunt, bear well; go through, support, endure, brave, disregard.

Feeling

Bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole, aby; abide; (be composed); experience; (meet with); taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand.

Health

Adjective: healthy, healthful; in health; Noun: well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole; florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch, brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof.

Crosswords: Brave

French (bold, brave, brave man, decent, gallant, good, martial, stalwart, stout, valiant, worthy).

That was brave, boy, but foolish (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

You are indeed brave, sir knight, but the fight is mine (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

There are big brave balls, and there are little mincey faggot balls (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

My story starts at sea a perilous voyage to an unknown land a shipwreck the wild waters roar and heave the brave vessel is dashed all to pieces, and all the helpless souls within her drowned all save one a lady whose soul is greater than the ocean and her spirit stronger than the sea's embrace not for her a watery end, but a new life beginning on a stranger shore (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard)

Some to be happy, some to forget, some to be brave. (The Other Sister; writing credit: Alexandra Rose; Blair Richwood)

I'm so brave, too bad I'm a baby (Falling For The First Time; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

They'll stone you and then say you are brave. (Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; performing artist: Bob Dylan)

And if you feelin' brave then (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx)

He was just eighteen, proud and brave, But a Yankee laid him in his grave, (The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; performing artist: Joan Baez)

And be brave enough to love again (Never Too Far; performing artist: Mariah Carey)

Only the brave deserve the fair, but only rich, fat, cowardly merchants can afford same. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)

Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons -- balancing them badly. (references; author: unknown)

Land of the Brave (1974)

The Wild and the Brave (1974)

Klucht van de brave moordenaar (1969)

Kittens Are Brave (1967)

The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles (1965)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Brave New World (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Shadow Raiders - Brave New World (Vol. 5) (reference)

• The Brave Little Toaster (reference)

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Music

• Brave the Elements [EP] (reference)

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High Tech

• Brave Fencer Musashi (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Vous sortez de chez ce brave parent; vous paraissez inquiet? / Par Draner. [i.e. Jules Renard]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

L'Ambulance Bombardée : Aussi Brave que jolie l'infirmiere! / Faustin. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Joseph Cinquez, the brave Congolese Chief, who prefers death to slavery, and who now lies in jail . . . Credit: Library of Congress.

The re-union of the home of the brave and free!. Credit: Library of Congress.

I felt like the Indian mother of a brave. Credit: Library of Congress.

Too chary of their complexions to brave the sun. Credit: Library of Congress.

Do you call that a work of art! : Certainly not, sir, it is a monument to our brave boys. Credit: Library of Congress.

It was a brave and noble act my boy!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Struggle of a frontier militiaman with a Mohawk brave. Credit: Library of Congress.

Monuments to Gen. Custer and his brave men who fell about him, Custer Battlefield, Wyo. Credit: Library of Congress.

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The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. (The Gettysburg Address)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It is faithful, brave, chivalric, loving, devoted

None but the brave deserves the fair

We must be brief when traitors brave the field

The other pup was not so brave.

All climates agree with brave Chanticleer

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Austria

A few brave storeowners in the Vienna area have challenged the Sunday closing requirement, but stiff fines have prevented this movement from gaining momentum. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Brave

Expressions using "brave": be brave ♦ brave a thousand years ♦ brave fine gay glorious ♦ brave it out ♦ brave man ♦ brave out ♦ brave west wind ♦ the brave. Additional references.

Beginning with "brave": brave-faced, brave-lookin'.

Ending with "brave": indian-brave.

Albanian

trim (baresark, berserk, berserker, cant, courageous, dare devil, daring, Dauntless, Doughty, fearless, gallant, game, Hardy, lion-hearted, manful, plucky, reckless, spunky, stouthearted, valiant, valor, valorous, valour), i guximshëm (audacious, courageous, Doughty, gamy, Hardy, sturdy, valiant). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ممتاز (admirable, banner, best, bonny, boss, choice, clipping, cool, dandy, deluxe, distingue, distinguished, ducky, elegant, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, extra, famous, fancy, fine, first class, first rate, first-string, mighty, noble, of first degree, outstanding, premium, prime, select, splendid, star, stellar, super, superb, superior, swell, thoroughbred, thumbs up, tiptop, top notch, vintage, wizard), ‏محارب من الهنود الحمر, ‏واجه (be faced with, be facing, confront, cope, encounter, experience, face, head, manage, meet, pull faces, shoulder, square, stand up, stand up to), ‏تحمل بشجاعة, ‏تحدى (affront, be provoked, be taunted, beard, challenge, confront, dare, defy, fly in the face of, outface, pick a quarrel, quarrel, take on), ‏جسور (adventurous, audacious, bold, courageous, daring, dauntless, fearless, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, stout hearted), ‏جرىء (adventurous, audacious, bold, courageous, daring, dauntless, defiant, fearless, forward, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, lion-hearted, plucky, stout, stout hearted), ‏رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), ‏شجاع (courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, game, gritty, hardy, hero, manful, martial, mettlesome, plucky, red blooded, spirited, stalwart, stout, tiger, undaunted, valiant, valorous), ‏باسل (courageous, dauntless, doughty, gallant, intrepid, soldierly, undaunted, valiant). (various references)

Basque

adoretsu (valiant). (various references)

Bulgarian 

смел (adventurous, ambitious, audacious, bold, courageous, daring, dashing, gallant, game, gamy, gritty, gutsy, high-hearted, high-spirited, manful, manly, martial, mettled, mettlesome, plucky, provocative, slashing, spirited, spunky, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, thoroughbred, valiant, venturesome), храбър (gallant, heroic, intrepid, lion-hearted, martial, soldierlike, soldierly, spirited, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous), храбрец (paladin), доблестен (gallant, valiant, valorous). (various references)

Chinese 

勇敢 . (various references)

Czech

statečný, stateèný (bold, courageous, gallant, plucky, spirited, stouthearted, valiant), postavit se (face, oppose, stand up), odvážný (audacious, courageous, daring, fearless, great-hearted, high-spirited, lion-hearted, manful, mettlesome, perilous, plucky, risky, soldierly, spunky, stalwart, venturesome), èelit (confront, counter, face, make head, meet, oppose). (various references)

Danish

tapper (courageous, valiant), modig (courageous, valiant). (various references)

Dutch

flink (energetic, firm, gallant, solid, vigorous), ferm (bold, courageous, energetic, fearless, firm, gallant, robust, sturdy, vigorous), dapper (bold, courageous, daring, fearless, gallant, valiant), braaf (gallant). (various references)

Esperanto

brava (gallant), kuraĝa (courageous, valiant). (various references)

Faeroese

djarvur (courageous, gallant, valiant). (various references)

Farsi 

لافزدن , تهم , عالی (Beautiful, Capital, Excellent, Exquisite, Famous, Fine, Gallant, High, Immense, Knockout, Lofty, Much, Palmary, Remarkable, Ripping, Spiffy, Splendid, Super, Superb, Superlative, Supreme, Swank, Unrivaled), اراستن (Apparel, Arrange, Array, Attire, Clothe, Embroider, Equip, Grace, Groom, Habit, Illustrate, Line, Perk, Pretty, Prim, Primp, Prune, Range, Rank, Stud, Tidy, Trim), شجاع (Gallant, Intrepid, Stark, Valiant), دلیرانه (Valiant), دلیر (Bold, Courageous, Gallant, Hardy, Intrepid, Plucky), دلاور (Gallant, Hero, Knight, Warrior), بالیدن (Boast, Brag, Glory, Insult, Yelp), بادلیری ورشادت باامری مواجه شدن . (various references)

Finnish

uljas (gallant, noble, splendid, stately, valiant), rohkea (bold, courageous, plucky, undaunted, valiant). (various references)

French

vaillant, courageux, brave (brave man). (various references)

Frisian

moedich (courageous, valiant), manhaftich (courageous, valiant). (various references)

German

tapfer (bold, bravely, courageous, gallant, gallantly, manful, manfully, pluckily, plucky, steadfast, stout, stout hearted, stout-heartedly, stoutly, valiant, valiantly, valorous), mutig (audacious, bold, bravely, clenched, clenching, courageous, courageously, gallant, gallantly, game, gamely, gamily, gamy, gritty, heroic, heroically, manful, manfully, pluckily, plucky, spirited, valiant, valiantly), wacker (gallant, nobly, valiant), tüchtig (able, ably, big, capable, competent, efficient, efficiently, energetic, gallant, good and proper, hard, heartily, huge, of use, proficient, soundly, strenuous, strenuously, suitable, vigorous), lieb (beloved, cute, dear, dearly, endearing, expensive, kind, kindly, lovely, nice, pleasant, sweet, valuable, valued, welcome), krieger (campaigner, warrior, warriors), die stirn bieten (to defy), brav (bravely, gallant, good, honest, quiet, upright, well-behaved, worthy), beherzt (courageous, Dauntless, Doughty, game, hearted, heartedly, manfully, spirited, stout, stoutly, valiant). (various references)

Greek 

γενναίοσ (courageous, gallant, generous, manful, mettlesome), γενναίος (bold, courageous, mettlesome, valiant), παλληκάρι (stalwart), ανδρείοσ (gallant, prowessful, stout, valiant, valliant, valorous), αψηφώ (beard, dare, defy, disregard, flout, fly in the face of, ignore, mock, outface, slight, snub). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעפיל (daring), ל�"ת� �'�" (be against, demur, discountenance, mind, object, oppose, rebel, resist, take exception to), עזוז (courageous, heroic, might, mighty, power, strength), עז רוח (courageous), אמיץ (bold, courageous, heroic, spirited, stout, valiant), בן חיל, � ועז (audacious, bold, courageous, daredevil, daring, desperate, enterprising, fearless, forward, venturesome). (various references)

Hungarian

bátor ember (bull-dog breed, hearty, man of nerves, man of stomach), bátor (ballsy, bold, courageous, dauntless, Doughty, dreadnought, enterprising, fearless, gallant, gritty, Hardy, manful, mettlesome, plucky, spirited, spunky, stalwart, stout hearted, valiant). (various references)

Indonesian

berani (audacious, dare, dauntless, game, manful, plucky, stout, stout-hearted, valiant), menantang (against, defy, versus), memberanikan diri (dare, embolden). (various references)

Italian

valoroso (courageous, gallant, manful, valiant, valorous), coraggioso (bold, courageous, gallant, gritty, high-spirited, intrepid, manly, plucky, stalwart, stout). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

勇ましい (courageous, gallant, valiant). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たけし, おおしい (heroic, manly), そうれつ (funeral procession, heroic), かいがいしい (gallant, heroic), いさましい (courageous, gallant, valiant), �"う�"う (baby chicken, cruise, filial piety, great feudal lords, harbor entrance, higher technical school, incurable disease, mine, minehead, mouth cavity, pickled vegetables, pit, pithead, princes and marquises, senior high school, sexual union, shaft, surge, thefather of the current emperor, valiant, young and inexperienced person), りりしい (awe-inspiring, biting, chivalrous, dignified, gallant, imposing, manly, severe), ゆうそう (bravery, gallant, heroic, heroism, mailing, majestic, quiet window, soul-stirring), けな�' (courage, gallant, heroic, industrious, lovable, manly, praiseworthy, pure). (various references)

Korean 

용감한 (Courageous, heroic, valiant). (various references)

Malay

berani (courageous, valiant). (various references)

Manx

trean (doughty, firm, formidable, heavy, heroic, intensive, stark, stout, valiant, valorous), rootagh (vigorous), dunnalagh, dunnal (daring, heroic), braew (fine, handsome, nice, precious, rare, splendid). (various references)

Norwegian

tapper, modig (courageous, gritty). (various references)

Occitan

valent (valiant). (various references)

Papiamen

brio (courage, courageous, diligent, energetic, hardworking, industrious, valiant, vigorous), wapu (courageous, valiant). (various references)

Pig Latin

avebray.(various references)

Polish

odważny (courageous, valiant), dzielny (gallant), śmiały (courageous, valiant). (various references)

Portuguese

bravo (bravo, courageous, gallant, gamy, valiant), valente (courageous, doughty, gallant, game, gamy, high-hearted, lion-hearted, manful, plucky, soldierly, stouthearted, valiant, valorous), corajoso (adventurous, bold, chivalrous, cool, courageous, fearless, gallant, game, gamy, go-ahead, hardy, high-hearted, high-spirited, intrepid, lion-hearted, manful, mettled, mettlesome, plucky, resolute, soldierly, spirited, spunky, stout, unshrinking, valiant, venturous). (various references)

Romanian

brav (bold, bravely, courageous, dare devil, gallant, manful, manly, plucky, valiant, valorous), bãrbãtesc (male, manful, manlike, manly, mannish, man's, masculine, resolute, virile), viteaz (bold, courageous, gallant, gamy, hero, manly, proud, stalwart, temerarious, valiant, valorous, vigorous), sfida (affront, beard, defy, face, mock, outbrave, outdare, scoff), semeţ (arrogant, bravely, conceited, daring, daringly, haughtily, haughty, hoity toity, lofty, lordly, temerarious), minunat (beautiful, beautifully, best, bright, capital, champion, charming, delightfully, exceptional, jolly, lovely, magic, magical, marvellous, miraculous, paradisaic, paradisaical, passing, proud, royal, special, splendid, strange, superb, superbly, supernatural, tiptop, wonderful, wonder-working), frumos (artistic, artistical, beautiful, beautifully, bonny, calm, canny, catchy, choice, clean, delicate, enjoyable, fair, fine, flowing, gay, generous, good, good looking, goodly, greatly, handsome, handsomely, lovely, merry, mild, neat, nice, nicely, personable, pretty, proper, settled, shapely, slowly, specious, well favored, well-favoured, well-featured), dispreţui (contemn, despise, disdain, dispraise, hold cheap, hold smb. in contempt, look down on, pooh pooh, scorn, set at naught, slight, spurn, trample, turn up one's nose at, undervalue), curajos (bold, courageous, daring, Dauntless, gallant, game, gamy, gritty, high-spirited, manful, nervy, pluckily, plucky, reckless, spirited, stalwart, stout, temerarious, unflinching, vigorous), cavaleresc (chivalrous, gallant, gentle, knightly, valiant), arãtos (bonny, dashing, goodly, handsome, personable, proper, showy), admirabil (admirable, admirably, beautiful, capital, excellent, grand, special, splendid, that's splendid, tiptop, wonderful), întâmpina cu curaj (put a bold face upon), înfrunta (beard, breast, confront, dare, defy, face, front, head, meet, outbrave, outdare, scoff, weather). (various references)

Russian 

смелый (adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, courageous, dare devil, game, gritty, manful, mettled, mettlesome, plucky, spirited, spunky, stouthearted, stout-hearted, venturesome, ventursome), храбрый (courageous, feisty, gallant, high-hearted, lion-hearted, man of courage, nervy, redoubtable, redoubted, spunky, valiant), бравый (courageous, valiant), индейский воин. (various references)

Scottish

treun (bold, valiant), meanmnach (magnanimous, mettled), foghainteach (fit, valorous), cruadalach (enduring), calma (resolute, staunch), calm, calma. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vrli (excellent, fine, virtuous), smeo (bold, courageous, daring, high-spirited, manful, plucky, risque, venturesome, venturous), ratnik (man-at-arms, man-of-war, thane, warrior), odvažan (audacious, bold, courageous, daring, hardy, mettled, mettlesome), neustrašiv (dauntless, fearless, intrepid, undaunted, unshrinking), indijski junak, hrabar (adventurous, courageous, doughty, ironside, lion-hearted, mettled, mettlesome, plucky, red blooded, sporty, spunky, stouthearted, undaunted, valorous). (various references)

Spanish

bravo (bravo, courageous, courteous, Dauntless, doughtily, fine, good for you, lion-hearted, rough, spirited, urbane, valiant, vicious, well done, wild). (various references)

Swahili

hodari (courageous, valiant). (various references)

Swedish

tapper (courageous, gallant, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous), trotsa (affront, baffle, bid defiance to, challenge, defy, elude, evade, flout, mock, outface, scorn, stand up to), morsk (bold, cock-a-hoop, Doughty, mettlesome, perky), modig (courageous, gallant, game, gamy, gritty, high-spirited, plucky, valiant, valorous), käck (bold, dasher, dashing, gamy, jaunty, perky, saucy), djärv (audacious, bold, daring, gamy, heroic, plucky, undaunted), behjärtad (courageous, valiant). (various references)

Tagalog

matápang (courageous, valiant). (various references)

Thai

เผชิญอย่างกล้าหาญ (put a bold / brave / good face on). (various references)

Turkish

yiğit (bulldog, courageous, dare devil, daredevil, Doughty, gallant, game, hero, manful, manly, plucky, red blooded, redoubtable, spartan, spunky, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous), yürekli (audacious, courageous, great-hearted, Hardy, hearted, plucky, red blooded, valiant, valorous), meydan okumak (beard, challenge, dare, defy, fling down the gauntlet, fling down the glove, have a chip an one's shoulder, outface, stump, tempt, throw down the gage to smb., throw down the glove), mert (chivalrous, manful, manly, red blooded), kahraman (character, Doughty, hero, heroic, heroine, protagonist, stout, stouthearted), kızılderili savaşçı, görkemli (bright, brilliant, effulgent, fulgent, gallant, gorgeous, grandiose, imperial, magnificent, majestic, olympian, palatial, pompous, proud, puffy, queenlike, queenly, refulgent, splendid, stately, sublime, sumptuous), göğüs germek (breast, face, resist, square up, square up to, stand, stand out against, stand up to, stick up to, survive), cesur (adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, bulldog, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dashing, Dauntless, Doughty, enterprising, fearless, foolhardy, gallant, game, gamy, great-hearted, gritty, gutsy, Hardy, heroic, intrepid, martial, plucky, redoubtable, resolute, spartan, spirited, spunky, stout, stouthearted, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome, Venturous), cesaretle karşı koymak, şahane (corking, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, far out, keen, magnificent, princely, wizard, wonderful). (various references)

Turkmen 

mert (courageous, manly), edermen. (various references)

Ukrainian

хоробрі люди, хоробрий (bold, brag, courageous, gallant, lion-hearted, redoubtable, redoubted, valiant), чудовий (a, admirable, adorable, ambrosial, bang up, beautiful, bright, bully, capital, champion, charming, clinking, consummate, crack, Dandy, delectable, delicious, delightful, eminent, excellent, fine, flawless, glorious, goluptious, gorgeous, immense, magnific, magnifical, magnificent, noble, notable, noted, palmary, peachy, posh, prime, princely, proper, providential, ravishing, remarkable, resplendent, ripping, something like, sovereign, spiffing, superb, super-duper, topping, undeniable, way out, wizard, wonderful), нарядний (chic, dink, dinky, nutty, ornate, spiffed, spiffing, swagger, well-dressed), бравірувати. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sang trọng; h� o hoa phong nhã, gan dạ (gallantly, gamy, hardy, intrepid, plucked, plucky, stout-hearted, unshrinking), chiến sĩ da đỏ, can đảm (courageous, high-hearted, manly, nerve, prow, stout-hearted, valiant). (various references)

Welsh

terrwyn (fierce, mighty), herio (challenge, dare, defy), herfeiddio (dare, defy), gwrol (courageous), glew (astute, daring), dywal (cruel, fierce), dewr (brave man, hero). (various references)

bellator, bona, bonae, bonam, bonas, bone, boni, bonis, bono, bonorum, bonos, bonum, bonus, forte, fortem, fortes, forti, fortia, fortibus, fortior, fortiora, fortiorem, fortiores, fortiori, fortioribus, fortioris, fortiorum, fortis, fortissima, fortissimam, fortissime, fortissimi, fortissimis, fortissimo, fortissimorum, fortissimos, fortissimum, fortissimus, fortium, fortius, magnanimorum, mare, marem, mares, mari, maria, maribus, maris, maseas, masman, masmana, melior, meliora, meliorem, meliores, melioresque, meliori, melioribus, melioris, melius, optima, optimae, optimam, optimas, optime, optimi, optimis, optimo, optimos, optimum, optimus, pravus, salboni, tentavit. (various references)

arsha, aurva, naire-manå, nairyãm, sûra, taxma. (various references)

caf, cene, deor, heard, heardhicgende, modig. (various references)

bravus. (various references)

bravo. (various references)

estout. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "brave": braved, bravely, braver, braveries, bravers, bravery, braves, bravest. (additional references)

Words ending with "brave": outbrave. (additional references)

Words containing "brave": outbraved, outbraves. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Brave" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abrive, barvo, bava, bavai, Bavay, bave, Bavo, beave, biave, birrova, blave, Blavey, Borova, Borovik, Braf, Braff, brahe, brale, Brame, brane, branee, brare, Brav, brava, braven, bravi, bravw, Braye, breave, breev, breeve, bref, brev, breve, breven, brevi, brevy, brif, brive, broaf, brove, bruf, Bruvva, Btrieve, bvaf, eravi, frave, krave, wrave. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: aver, bare, bear, brae, rave, vera, verb.

-2 letters: arb, are, ave, bar, bra, ear, era, reb, rev, var.

-3 letters: ab, ae, ar, ba, be, er, re.

+1 letter: adverb, beaver, braved, braver, braves, verbal.

+2 letters: adverbs, beavers, behaver, bereave, bravely, bravers, bravery, bravest, bravoed, bravoes, bravure, verbals, verbena, vibrate.

+3 letters: abortive, abrasive, absolver, ambivert, beavered, behavers, behavior, bereaved, bereaver, bereaves, bevatron, beverage, breviary, burgrave, deverbal, drivable, outbrave, overable, overbake, overbear, overbeat, provable, servable, vambrace, variable, verbally, verbatim, verbenas, verbiage, vertebra, vibrance, vibrated, vibrates.