Meanings
comparative more intrepid · superlative most intrepid
- Fearless; bold; brave.
Fewer than 70 years earlier, the intrepid James Cook in his ship Resolution had been the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.
2000, Lennard Bickel, Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic TragedySynonyms: fearless, unafraid, courageous · Antonyms: trepid
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveinvulnerable to fear or intimidation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*trep-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Latintrepidus
- Latinintrepidu
- Frenchintrépide
- Englishintrepid
From French intrépide, from Latin intrepidus, from in- (“not”) + trepidus (“anxious, nervous”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἄτρεστος, ἀτρόμητος
- ἄτρεστος (átrestos)fearless
- ἀτρόμητος (atrómētos)fearless
- ἄφοβος (áphobos)fearless
Arabic جريء, جريئة
- جريء (jarīʔ)fearless
- جريئة (jarīʔa)fearless
Bengali নির্ভীক, নির্ভয়
- নির্ভীক (nirbhik)fearless
- নির্ভয় (nirbhoẏ)fearless
- নিরাতঙ্ক (niratoṅko)fearless
Bulgarian безстрашен, неустрашим
- безстрашен (bezstrašen)fearless
- неустрашим (neustrašim)fearless
Catalan intrèpid
- intrèpidfearless
Chinese Mandarin 勇敢, 无畏
- 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn)fearless
- 无畏 (wúwèi)fearless
Czech nebojácný, odvážný
- nebojácnýfearless
- odvážnýfearless
- neohroženýfearless
Dutch onversaagd, onvervaard
- onversaagdfearless
- onvervaardfearless
- onbevreesdfearless
Esperanto maltima
- maltimafearless
Estonian kartmatu, kohkumatu
- kartmatufearless
- kohkumatufearless
- julgefearless
- vapperfearless
Finnish peloton, rohkea
- pelotonfearless
- rohkeafearless
- arkailematonfearless
- urheafearless
French intrépide
- intrépidefearless
German unerschrocken, furchtlos
- unerschrockenfearless
- furchtlosfearless
- mutigfearless
Greek ατρόμητος, άφοβος
- ατρόμητος (atrómitos)fearless
- άφοβος (áfovos)fearless
Hungarian rettenthetetlen
- rettenthetetlenfearless
Italian ardito, coraggioso
- arditofearless
- coraggiosofearless
- intrepidofearless
Latin inpavidus, intrepidus
- inpavidusfearless
- intrepidusfearless
Māori wehikore
- wehikorefearless
Norwegian uforferdet
- uforferdetfearless
Persian نترس
- نترس (natars)fearless
Polish nieustraszony, dzielny
- nieustraszonyfearless
- dzielnyfearless
Portuguese intrépido
- intrépidofearless
Russian бесстра́шный, отва́жный
- бесстра́шный (besstrášnyj)fearless
- отва́жный (otvážnyj)fearless
- неустраши́мый (neustrašímyj)fearless
Spanish intrépido, denodado
- intrépidofearless
- denodadofearless
Swedish modig, oförskräckt
- modigfearless
- oförskräcktfearless
- oräddfearless
Turkish gözü pek, korkusuz
- gözü pekfearless
- korkusuzfearless
- yılmazfearless
Ukrainian безстра́шний, відва́жний
- безстра́шний (bezstrášnyj)fearless
- відва́жний (vidvážnyj)fearless
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intrepid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrepid
“intrepid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrepid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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