courageous

courageous
adj
1. brave, valiant, valorous, heroic, hero-like, stout-hearted, lionhearted, iron-hearted, great-hearted; virile, manly, manful, gallant, chivalrous, chivalric; intrepid, fearless, unafraid, dauntless, dreadless, aweless, nervy, Sl. gutsy, unblenching, unblenched, undaunted, unalarmed, undismayed, unap- palled; bold, bold-spirited, high-spirited, daring, dashing, adventurous, audacious, rash, reckless; assured, self-assured, self-reliant, confident, pot-valorous, pot-valiant.
2. firm, resolute, indomitable, unconquerable, invincible, staunch, stanch, steadfast, stalwart, Archaic. stalworth, doughty, sturdy, hardy; unflinching, unyielding, undeviating, unswerving, unfaltering, unshrinking, unbending, unhesitating; mettlesome, plucky, gritty, game, spirited, red-blooded, Inf. spunky.

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