bravery
/ˈbɹeɪ.və.ɹi/
bravery noun: being brave, courageousness.
Noun
bravery (usually uncountable, plural braveries)
- Being brave, courageousness.
- Huntingdon's ferocity makes the reaction of staff all the more brave. To move towards danger when others are fleeing is the definition of bravery in my book. To place yourself in danger to protect others.2025 November 12, Philip Haigh, “High praise for rail staff's courage and clear thinking”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 50
- Synonyms:
- bravehood
- A brave act.
- Splendor, magnificence.
- Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day,
And make me travel forth without my cloak,
To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way,
Hiding thy brav'ry in their rotten smoke?1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 34”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC - In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 3:18
- Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day,
bravery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bravery in Hindi
- being brave
- बहादुरी bahādurī, वीरता vīrtā
- brave act
- वीरता vīrtā
bravery in Tamil
- துணிவு, மனஉரம், உள்ளத்துணிவு, வீரம், தீரம், புறப்பகட்டு
bravery in Marathi
- being brave
- शौर्य śaurya, शूरता śūrtā, बहाद्दरी bahāddarī
bravery in Urdu
- being brave
- بَہادَری bahādarī, شُجاعَت śujā‘at
More languagesFewer languages
- bravery in Bengali
- বাহাদুরি bahaduri, কেরদানী kerdani
- bravery in Telugu
- శౌర్యము śauryamu, గండు gaṇḍu, సాహసము sāhasamu, కడిమి kaḍimi
- bravery in Malayalam
- ധീരത dhīrata
- bravery in Kannada
- ಕೆಚ್ಚು, ಕಡ್ಡ, ಪನ್ನತಿಕೆ, ಬಲ್ಲಾಳಿಕೆ
- bravery in Punjabi
- ਹਿੰਮਤ himmat
- bravery in Odia
- ସାହସିକତା
- bravery in Arabic
- شَجَاعَة šajāʕa
- bravery in Indonesian
- keberanian
- bravery in Persian
- شجاعت šajâ'at, دلاوری delâvari
- bravery in Vietnamese
- sự dũng cảm
- bravery in Myanmar
- ရဲစွမ်းသတ္တိ rai:cwam:satti.
Examples of bravery in a sentence
- The officer received a commendation for bravery.
- The soldier was distinguished with a medal for his bravery.
- To move towards danger when others are fleeing is the definition of bravery in my book.
Synonyms of bravery
Forms of bravery
| plural | braveries |
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Origin of bravery
Borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”). By surface analysis, brave + -ery.
Words formed from bravery
Words that rhyme with bravery
Questions about bravery
- What does bravery mean?
- Bravery means being brave, courageousness.
- What is bravery in Hindi?
- Bravery in Hindi is बहादुरी (bahādurī), वीरता (vīrtā). See Bravery meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bravery?
- Bravery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bravery?
- Bravery is pronounced /ˈbɹeɪ.və.ɹi/.
- What is the plural of bravery?
- The plural of bravery is braveries.
Words near bravery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bravery (page history and authors); bravery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కడిమి (Telugu) (page history and authors); bravery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਹਿੰਮਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); bravery (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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