valiant
Syllables: va·liant/ˈvæliənt/
valiant adjective: possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
Adjective
valiant (comparative more valiant, superlative most valiant)
- Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
- A valiant man’s look is more than a coward’s sword.
- For by readyng of hiſtories fyrſte we know how longe time mightie empyres, great kyngedomes, famous common weales and citees haue floriſhed: how many yeres noble prynces, valiant capitaynes, and wyſe gouernours haue reigned: in what age they were, which was before other, and how farre diſtante in...1560, Thomas Cooper, “To the Ryght Honorable Lorde Russell Erle of Bedforde, and One of the Queenes Maiesties Moste Honorable Counsell: Thomas Cooper Wisheth Longe Continuance of Prosperous Life and...
- Synonyms:
- bold, valorous, adventurous, mettlesome, aweless, bad, brass-balled, chivalrous, courageous, daredevil
- Antonyms:
- backboneless, base, soft, bitch-ass, boneless, caitiff, candy-assed, chicken, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered
- Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.
- another valiant attempt at rescue
- She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, [...]c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
Noun
valiant (plural valiants)
- A person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger.
- Cowards dye many times before their deaths, / The valiant neuer taſte of death but once: [...]1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- O yee Angells, yee Champions and valiants of the court of heauen, and ſtout ſoldiers of Chriſt your King, who euerie one ſingle is able to encounter and to defeat the greateſt armie that euer was ſeene on earth, where are you?1639, “Ch. M.” [pseudonym; Matthew Kellison], “The Tenth Flovver of the Myrrhine Posie: Christ Crvcified: Or His Sufferances on the Crosse. […]”, in A Myrrhine Posie of the Bitter Dolovrs of Christ...
valiant meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
valiant in Tamil
- துணிவுள்ள, வல்லமையான, வீரமான
valiant in Urdu
- بہادر, دلاور, دلیر, حوصلہ مند, جری, نڈر
valiant in Bengali
- valiant, valorous
- দেলোয়ার deloar, দিলওয়ার dilōẇar, দিলাবার dilabar
valiant in Malayalam
- നെഞ്ചുറപ്പുള്ള, ധീരനായ, പരാക്രമശാലിയായ
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- valiant in Kannada
- ಕೆಚ್ಚುಳ್ಳ, ಧೈರ್ಯದ, ಶೌರ್ಯದ, ಪರಾಕ್ರಮಿಯಾದ
- valiant in Gujarati
- મૂછાળું mūchāḷũ
- valiant in Persian
- دلیر delir, هرو horv
Examples of valiant in a sentence
- The Advantages of Time and Place are enough to make a Poultron Valiant.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Barlandus, &c.] Fab[le] CCVII. A Wolfe and a Kid.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent...
- No Sailer vvith the Nevvs ſvvell Egypt’s Pride. / By vvhat inglorious Fate our Valiant dy’d!1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 32:
- The valiant profit more / Their country, than the fineſt clevereſt ſpeakers. / Valour once known, will ſoon find eloquence / To trumpet forth her praiſe— […]1772, Plautus, “The Churl”, in [Richard Warner], transl., Comedies of Plautus, Translated into Familiar Blank Verse, […], volume IV...
Synonyms of valiant
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Antonyms
- backboneless
- base
- soft
- bitch-ass
- boneless
- caitiff
- candy-assed
- chicken
- chicken-hearted
- chicken-livered
10 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of valiant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more valiant |
| superlative | most valiant |
| alternative form | valiaunt |
| Noun | |
| plural | valiants |
Origin of valiant
From Middle English vailaunt (“having or showing courage or valour, valiant; characterized by valour; powerful, strong; person of valour or strength; excellent, worthy; beneficial, useful; valuable; legally valid, binding”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vaillaunt, vaylant [and other forms], and Old French vailant, vaillant (“brave, valiant; having value, valuable”) [and other forms], from the present participle of valoir (“to have value; to be worth”), from Latin valēre (“to have value; to be worth; to be strong; to have influence or power”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“powerful, strong; to rule”).
Words formed from valiant
Phrases with valiant
Questions about valiant
- What does valiant mean?
- Valiant means possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
- What is valiant in Tamil?
- Valiant in Tamil is துணிவுள்ள, வல்லமையான, வீரமான. See Valiant meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use valiant in a sentence?
- The Advantages of Time and Place are enough to make a Poultron Valiant.
- What part of speech is valiant?
- Valiant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce valiant?
- Valiant is pronounced /ˈvæliənt/.
Words near valiant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: valiant (page history and authors); valiant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); valiant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); দিলওয়ার (Bengali) (page history and authors); valiant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); valiant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); મૂછાળું (Gujarati) (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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