Meanings
plural fearlessnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of being fearless.
The only thing to fear is fearlessness / The bigger the weapon, the greater the fear / Hyena is ambassador to here
1986, R.E.M., “Hyena”, in Lifes Rich Pageant1 more example
Anne was indignant with that straight-out and generous indignation which belongs to women, who are ready to follow their principles to any result with more inconsiderate fearlessness than men.
1856, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Dred, A Tale of the Great Dismal SwampSynonyms: ballsiness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being fearless.
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Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀφοβία
- ἀφοβία (aphobía)quality of being fearless
Chinese Mandarin 无畏, 无惧
- 无畏 (wúwèi)quality of being fearless
- 无惧quality of being fearless
- 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn)quality of being fearless
Czech nebojácnost
- nebojácnostquality of being fearless
Dutch onbevreesdheid
- onbevreesdheidquality of being fearless
Finnish pelottomuus
- pelottomuusquality of being fearless
French intrépidité
- intrépiditéquality of being fearless
German Furchtlosigkeit
- Furchtlosigkeitquality of being fearless
Hindi निडरता, निर्भीकता
- निडरता (niḍartā)quality of being fearless
- निर्भीकता (nirbhīktā)quality of being fearless
- निर्भयता (nirbhaytā)quality of being fearless
Irish neamheagla, crógacht
- neamheaglaquality of being fearless
- crógachtquality of being fearless
Persian نترس بودن
- نترس بودن (natars budan)quality of being fearless
Polish nieustraszoność
- nieustraszonośćquality of being fearless
Portuguese coragem, destemor
- coragemquality of being fearless
- destemorquality of being fearless
- bravuraquality of being fearless
- audáciaquality of being fearless
Romanian curaj, temeritate
- curajquality of being fearless
- temeritatequality of being fearless
- cutezanțăquality of being fearless
- neînfricarequality of being fearless
Russian бесстра́шие, неустраши́мость
- бесстра́шие (besstrášije)quality of being fearless
- неустраши́мость (neustrašímostʹ)quality of being fearless
Spanish impavidez, demasía
- impavidezquality of being fearless
- demasíaquality of being fearless
- denuedoquality of being fearless
Cite this entry
fearlessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fearlessness
“fearlessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fearlessness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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