Meanings
plural braveries
- uncountableusuallyBeing brave, courageousness.
Huntingdon's ferocity makes the reaction of staff all the more brave. To move towards danger when others are fleeing is the definition of bravery in my book. To place yourself in danger to protect others.
2025 November 12, Philip Haigh, “High praise for rail staff's courage and clear thinking”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 50Synonyms: bravehood
- countablerareusuallyA brave act.
- uncountableusuallySplendor, magnificence.
In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 3:181 more example
Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day, And make me travel forth without my cloak, To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way, Hiding thy brav'ry in their rotten smoke?
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 34”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounBeing brave, courageousness.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Italianbraveria
- Middle Frenchbraverie
- Englishbravery
Borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”). By surface analysis, brave + -ery.
More words from Middle French, Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans dapperheid
- dapperheidbeing brave
Ancient Greek θάρσος, ἀνδρεία
- θάρσος (thársos)being brave
- ἀνδρεία (andreía)being brave
Arabic شَجَاعَة
- شَجَاعَة (šajāʕa)being brave
Bengali বাহাদুরি, কেরদানী
- বাহাদুরি (bahaduri)being brave
- কেরদানী (kerdani)being brave
Bulgarian сме́лост, хра́брост
- сме́лост (smélost)being brave
- хра́брост (hrábrost)being brave
Catalan bravesa, bravor
- bravesabeing brave
- bravorbeing brave
- bravurabeing brave
- valorbeing brave
Chinese Mandarin 勇敢
- 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn)being brave
Czech statečnost, odvaha
- statečnostbeing brave
- odvahabeing brave
- odvážný činbrave act
Danish mod, tapperhed
- modbeing brave
- tapperhedbeing brave
Dutch moed, dapperheid
- moedbeing brave
- dapperheidbeing brave
Estonian vaprus
- vaprusbeing brave
Finnish rohkeus
- rohkeusbeing brave
French courage
- couragebeing brave
German Tapferkeit
- Tapferkeitbeing brave
Greek ανδρεία
- ανδρεία (andreía)being brave
Hindi बहादुरी, वीरता
- बहादुरी (bahādurī)being brave
- वीरता (vīrtā)being brave
- वीरता (vīrtā)brave act
Icelandic hugrekki
- hugrekkibeing brave
Indonesian keberanian
- keberanianbeing brave
Irish crógacht
- crógachtbeing brave
Japanese 勇気, 剛勇
- 勇気 (yūki)being brave
- 剛勇 (gōyū)being brave
Korean 용감성, 용감
- 용감성 (yonggamseong)being brave
- 용감 (yonggam)being brave
- 용기 (yonggi)being brave
Latin mīlitia
- mīlitiabeing brave
Latvian drosme
- drosmebeing brave
Lithuanian drąsà
- drąsàbeing brave
Māori hautoa, māia
- hautoabeing brave
- māiabeing brave
- toabeing brave
Norwegian Bokmål mot, tapperhet
- motbeing brave
- tapperhetbeing brave
Persian شجاعت, شجاعت
- شجاعت (šajâ'at)being brave
- شجاعت (šojâ'at)brave act
- دلاوری (delâvari)brave act
Polish odwaga, śmiałość
- odwagabeing brave
- śmiałośćbeing brave
Portuguese bravura, braveza
- bravurabeing brave
- bravezabeing brave
Romanian bravură, curaj
- bravurăbeing brave
- curajbeing brave
- bărbățiebeing brave
Russian хра́брость, сме́лость
- хра́брость (xrábrostʹ)being brave
- сме́лость (smélostʹ)being brave
- отва́га (otvága)being brave
- сме́лый посту́пок (smélyj postúpok)brave act
Slovak statočnosť, odvaha
- statočnosťbeing brave
- odvahabeing brave
Spanish braveza, bravura
- bravezabeing brave
- bravurabeing brave
Swahili ujasiri
- ujasiribeing brave
Swedish tapperhet
- tapperhetbeing brave
Turkish cesaret, cesurluk
- cesaretbeing brave
- cesurlukbeing brave
- yiğitlikbeing brave
Ukrainian хоро́брість, сміли́вість
- хоро́брість (xoróbristʹ)being brave
- сміли́вість (smilývistʹ)being brave
- відва́га (vidváha)being brave
Urdu بَہادَری, شُجاعَت
- بَہادَری (bahādarī)being brave
- شُجاعَت (śujā‘at)being brave
Vietnamese sự dũng cảm
- sự dũng cảmbeing brave
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bravery
All rhymes →Cite this entry
bravery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bravery
“bravery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bravery. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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