dauntless

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UK/ˈdɔːnt.ləs/US/ˈdɔnt.ləs/cot caught merger/ˈdɑnt.ləs/

adjective

Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.

Similar
daredevilfearlessaudaciousbravehardyintrepidunfearingbold
Opposite
timid
OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English daunt →
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Meanings

adjectivedauntless (comparative more dauntless, superlative most dauntless)

comparative more dauntless · superlative most dauntless

  1. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.

    [...] And yet / Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set, / And blew "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came."

    1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XXXIV

    Synonyms: daredevil, fearless · Antonyms: timid

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveInvulnerable to fear or intimidation.

Similar
daredevilfearless
Opposite
timid

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveinvulnerable to fear or intimidation

Similar
audaciousbravefearlesshardyintrepidunfearingbold
Also see
audaciousbadboldbravedaringdoughtyfearlessgutsyhardyintrepidlionheartedunfearingvaliant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchdanter
  2. Latindomitō
  3. Old Frenchdonter
  4. Middle Englishdaunten
  5. Englishdaunt
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  8. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  9. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  10. Englishdauntless

From daunt + -less.

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Translations

Bulgarian неустрашим
  • неустрашим (neustrašim)invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Czech neohrožený, nebojácný
  • neohroženýinvulnerable to fear or intimidation
  • nebojácnýinvulnerable to fear or intimidation
Dutch onverschrokken
  • onverschrokkeninvulnerable to fear or intimidation
Finnish peloton, huimapäinen
  • pelotoninvulnerable to fear or intimidation
  • huimapäineninvulnerable to fear or intimidation
French indomptable
  • indomptableinvulnerable to fear or intimidation
German unerschrocken, furchtlos
  • unerschrockeninvulnerable to fear or intimidation
  • furchtlosinvulnerable to fear or intimidation
Hindi निर्भय, निडर
  • निर्भय (nirbhay)invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  • निडर (niḍar)invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Hungarian rettenthetetlen
  • rettenthetetleninvulnerable to fear or intimidation
Latin interritus
  • interritusinvulnerable to fear or intimidation
Polish nieustraszony
  • nieustraszonyinvulnerable to fear or intimidation
Russian неустрашимый
  • неустрашимый (neustrašimyj)invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Spanish impertérrito
  • impertérritoinvulnerable to fear or intimidation
Turkish yılmaz
  • yılmazinvulnerable to fear or intimidation
Ukrainian безстрашний
  • безстрашний (bezstrašnyj)invulnerable to fear or intimidation

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

adultness
Cite this entry
APA

dauntless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dauntless

MLA

“dauntless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dauntless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dauntless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dauntless.

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