fearlessness
/ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs/
fearlessness noun: the quality of being fearless.
Noun
fearlessness (usually uncountable, plural fearlessnesses)
- The quality of being fearless.
- 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 Swamp
- The only thing to fear is fearlessness / The bigger the weapon, the greater the fear / Hyena is ambassador to here1986, R.E.M., “Hyena”, in Lifes Rich Pageant
- Synonyms:
- ballsiness
fearlessness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
fearlessness in Hindi
- quality of being fearless
- निडरता niḍartā, निर्भीकता nirbhīktā, निर्भयता nirbhaytā
fearlessness in Tamil
- அச்சமின்மை, அஞ்சாமை, கவலைகொள்ளாமை
fearlessness in Bengali
- fearlessness, daringness
- অকুতোভয়তা ôkutôbhôẏôta
- fearlessness
- নির্ভীকতা nirbhikota
fearlessness in Telugu
- quality of being fearless
- అభయము abhayamu
More languagesFewer languages
- fearlessness in Malayalam
- അഭയം abhayaṁ
- fearlessness in Kannada
- ಅಂಜಮೆ
- fearlessness in Sanskrit
- अभय abhaya
- fearlessness in Persian
- نترس بودن natars budan
Synonyms of fearlessness
Forms of fearlessness
| plural | fearlessnesses |
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Origin of fearlessness
From fearless + -ness.
Questions about fearlessness
- What does fearlessness mean?
- Fearlessness means the quality of being fearless.
- What is fearlessness in Hindi?
- Fearlessness in Hindi is निडरता (niḍartā), निर्भीकता (nirbhīktā), निर्भयता (nirbhaytā). See Fearlessness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fearlessness?
- Fearlessness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fearlessness?
- Fearlessness is pronounced /ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs/ (US).
- What is the plural of fearlessness?
- The plural of fearlessness is fearlessnesses.
Words near fearlessness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fearlessness (page history and authors); fearlessness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অকুতোভয়তা (Bengali) (page history and authors); അഭയം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); fearlessness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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