Meanings
comparative more courageous · superlative most courageous
- Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.
the most courageous person I have ever met
1 more example
In 1979, following Jimmy Carter’s unexpected and unreasonable decision to transfer diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, the Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act to preserve our relationship with this courageous nation. We believed that it was vital for our allies and for those who were not our allies to know that the United States would not abandon its friends.
2005, Jesse Helms, “Foreign Relations Experiences”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 228–229
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivepossessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchcorageus
- Middle Englishcorajous
- Englishcourageous
From Middle English corajous, from Old French corageus, from corage + -eus.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic شجاع
- شجاعof an action, that requires courage
Catalan coratjós, valent
- coratjósof an action, that requires courage
- valentof an action, that requires courage
Czech odvážný
- odvážnýof an action, that requires courage
Danish modig
- modigof an action, that requires courage
Finnish rohkea, peloton
- rohkeaof an action, that requires courage
- pelotonof an action, that requires courage
German mutig, couragiert
- mutigof an action, that requires courage
- couragiertof an action, that requires courage
Greek θαρραλέος, γενναίος
- θαρραλέος (tharraléos)of an action, that requires courage
- γενναίος (gennaíos)of an action, that requires courage
Hindi साहसिक
- साहसिक (sāhsik)of an action, that requires courage
Hungarian bátor, merész
- bátorof an action, that requires courage
- merészof an action, that requires courage
Italian coraggioso
- coraggiosoof an action, that requires courage
Latin animosus
- animosusof an action, that requires courage
Latvian drosmīgs, drošs
- drosmīgsof an action, that requires courage
- drošsof an action, that requires courage
Persian شجاعانه
- شجاعانه (šojâ'âne)of an action, that requires courage
Portuguese corajoso
- corajosoof an action, that requires courage
Romanian curajos
- curajosof an action, that requires courage
Russian хра́брый, сме́лый
- хра́брый (xrábryj)of an action, that requires courage
- сме́лый (smélyj)of an action, that requires courage
- отва́жный (otvážnyj)of an action, that requires courage
Scottish Gaelic misneachail
- misneachailof an action, that requires courage
Spanish corajudo, corajoso
- corajudoof an action, that requires courage
- corajosoof an action, that requires courage
Tagalog matapang
- matapangof an action, that requires courage
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with courageous
All rhymes →Cite this entry
courageous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courageous
“courageous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courageous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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