Meanings
comparative more fearless · superlative most fearless
- Without fear.
"Our fearless reporter"... I'm not fearless, John. I don't like this.
1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 31 more example
England's wicket-keeper in the 50s, he was fearless about standing on the stumps to fastish bowlers[.]
1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 207Synonyms: frightless, brave, courageous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWithout fear.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveoblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them
adjectiveinvulnerable to fear or intimidation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishfear
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishfearless
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄφοβος, ἀδεής
- ἄφοβος (áphobos)free from fear
- ἀδεής (adeḗs)free from fear
Arabic جريء, جريئة
- جريء (jarīʔ)free from fear
- جريئة (jarīʔa)free from fear
Bulgarian безстра́шен, неустраши́м
- безстра́шен (bezstrášen)free from fear
- неустраши́м (neustraším)free from fear
Catalan impàvid, intrèpid
- impàvidfree from fear
- intrèpidfree from fear
Chinese Mandarin 不怕的, 大膽的 /大胆的
- 不怕的 (bùpà de)free from fear
- 大膽的 /大胆的 (dàdǎn de)free from fear
Czech nebojácný
- nebojácnýfree from fear
Danish frygtløs, uforfærdet
- frygtløsfree from fear
- uforfærdetfree from fear
Dutch onbevreesd
- onbevreesdfree from fear
Esperanto sentima
- sentimafree from fear
Finnish peloton
- pelotonfree from fear
French courageux, brave
- courageuxfree from fear
- bravefree from fear
- intrépidefree from fear
German furchtlos
- furchtlosfree from fear
Greek άφοβος
- άφοβος (áfovos)free from fear
Hindi निर्भीक, निडर
- निर्भीक (nirbhīk)free from fear
- निडर (niḍar)free from fear
- निर्भय (nirbhay)free from fear
Hungarian rettenthetetlen, félelmetlen
- rettenthetetlenfree from fear
- félelmetlenfree from fear
- féletlenfree from fear
Italian senza paura, impavido
- senza paurafree from fear
- impavidofree from fear
Japanese 大胆な, 恐れない
- 大胆な (daitan na)free from fear
- 恐れない (osorenai)free from fear
Latin impavidus, intrepidus
- impavidusfree from fear
- intrepidusfree from fear
Lithuanian bebaimis
- bebaimisfree from fear
Māori mātātoa, wehikore
- mātātoafree from fear
- wehikorefree from fear
Norwegian Bokmål fryktløs
- fryktløsfree from fear
Persian نترس
- نترس (natars)free from fear
Polish nieustraszony
- nieustraszonyfree from fear
Portuguese destemido, impávido
- destemidofree from fear
- impávidofree from fear
Russian бесстра́шный, неустраши́мый
- бесстра́шный (besstrášnyj)free from fear
- неустраши́мый (neustrašímyj)free from fear
Slovak nebojácny
- nebojácnyfree from fear
Spanish impávido, sin miedo
- impávidofree from fear
- sin miedofree from fear
- denodadofree from fear
Swedish orädd
- oräddfree from fear
Turkish korkusuz, yılmaz
- korkusuzfree from fear
- yılmazfree from fear
Ukrainian безстра́шний
- безстра́шний (bezstrášnyj)free from fear
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fearless
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