Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| audacious | bold. |
| audaciously | (Adv.) AUDACIOUS, bold. |
| audaciousness | the state of being audacious. |
| audacity | boldness. |
| aunter | (Obs.) an adventure. |
| ballsiness | spunk, spiritedness. |
| ballsy | gutsy. |
| bodacious | remarkable; gutsy. |
| bodaciously | (Adv.) BODACIOUS, remarkable. |
| bold | brave, daring (noun) boldfaced type; (verb) to make type bold |
| bolden | (Obs.) to make bold. |
| boldly | (Adv.) BOLD, brave, daring. |
| boldness | the quality of being bold. |
| brave | showing courage (noun) a N. American warrior; (verb) to face with courage |
| bravely | (Adv.) BRAVE, showing courage. |
| braveness | the state of being brave. |
| braver | one who braves. |
| bravery | courage. |
| braw | (Scots) fine, brave BRAWS. |
| brussen | bold. |
| chivalrous | gentlemanly, valiant. |
| chivalrously | (Adv.) CHIVALROUS, gentlemanly, valiant. |
| cojones | (Spanish) bull's testicles; (fig.) courage, balls. |
| courage | the quality that enables one to face danger fearlessly. |
| courageful | full of courage. |
| courageous | having or characterized by courage. |
| courageously | (Adv.) COURAGEOUS, having or characterized by courage. |
| courageousness | the state of being courageous. |
| dare | to have the necessary courage. |
| daredevil | a reckless person. |
| daredevilry | the state of being a daredevil. |
| daredeviltry | the state of being daredevil. |
| dareful | (Obs.) full of daring. |
| darer | one who dares. |
| daringly | (Adv.) DARING, brave, audacious. |
| daringness | boldness. |
| darre | (Spenser) to dare. |
| dauntless | unafraid. |
| dauntlessness | the state of being dauntless. |
| daur | (Scots) to dare. |
| doughtily | (Adv.) DOUGHTY, marked by fearless resolution. |
| doughtiness | the state of being doughty. |
| doughty | marked by fearless resolution, valiant. |
| dreadless | free from dread. |
| dreadlessly | (Adv.) DREADLESS, free from dread; fearless. |
| durst | (PaP.) DARE, to have the necessary courage. |
| embolden | to give boldness or courage to. |
| embrave | to inspire with bravery. |
| fearless | unafraid. |
| fearlessly | (Adv.) FEARLESS, unafraid. |
| fearlessness | the state of being fearless. |
| foolhardily | (Adv.) FOOLHARDY, recklessly brave. |
| foolhardiness | the state of being foolhardy. |
| foolhardise | (Spenser) foolhardiness. |
| foolhardize | (Spenser) foolhardiness. |
| foolhardy | recklessly brave. |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage. |
| fortitudinous | showing fortitude. |
| frontless | shameless, brazen. |
| frontlessly | (Adv.) FRONTLESS, shameless, brazen. |
| gallantly | (Adv.) GALLANT, brave. |
| gallantness | the quality of being gallant. |
| gallantry | bravery; attention or devotion to ladies. |
| game | plucky (noun) a sport of any kind; an animal shot for the pot (verb) to gamble |
| gamely | (Adv.) GAME, plucky. |
| gameness | the quality of being game. |
| greathearted | characterized by bravery. |
| greatheartedly | (Adv.) GREATHEARTED, characterized by bravery. |
| gutsily | (Adv.) GUTSY, courageous. |
| gutsiness | guts, courage. |
| gutsy | (Coll.) courageous. |
| hardihead | (Arch.) hardihood, boldness. |
| hardihood | boldness; audacity. |
| hardiment | (Arch.) hardihood, boldness. |
| hen | a female bird (verb) to challenge to a daring act |
| henner | (Scots) a challenge to an act of daring. |
| heroic | brave (noun) an epic verse |
| heroical | having the qualities of a hero. |
| heroically | (Adv.) HEROICAL, heroic. |
| heroicalness | the state of being heroical. |
| heroicly | (Milton) heroically. |
| heroicness | heroism. |
| heroine | a brave woman. |
| heroise | to make into a hero. |
| heroism | heroic behavior. |
| heroize | to make into a hero. |
| heroship | the character or personality of a hero. |
| imbolden | to give boldness or courage to. |
| impavid | fearless; undaunted. |
| impavidly | (Adv.) IMPAVID, fearless; undaunted. |
| innerve | to supply with nerves or a nervous stimulus. |
| intrepid | fearless. |
| intrepidity | the state of being intrepid. |
| intrepidly | (Adv.) INTREPID, fearless. |
| lionhearted | brave as a lion. |
| lionheartedness | the state of being lionhearted. |
| lionlike | like a lion; brave as a lion. |
| manful | courageous > MANFULLER, MANFULLEST. |
| manfully | (Adv.) MANFUL, courageous. |
| manfulness | the state of being manful. |
| manlily | (Adv.) MANLY, befitting a man. |
| manly | befitting a man, brave. |
| moxie | (US sl.) courage, daring, vigour. |
| nonhero | one who is not a hero. |
| outbrave | to excel in bravery or in insolence. |
| outdacious | (Coll.) audacious. |
| outdare | to surpass in daring. |
| outlook | a prospect; (verb) to face courageously. |
| overbold | excessively bold or forward. |
| overboldly | (Adv.) OVERBOLD, excessively bold or forward. |
| overdare | to be too daring. |
| pluck | courage (verb) to pull out or off |
| pluckily | (Adv.) PLUCKY, courageous. |
| pluckiness | the state of being plucky. |
| plucky | brave. |
| shero | a woman regarded as a hero. |
| spunk | spirit, courage (verb) to take light, flare up |
| stalwart | staunch (noun) a sturdy, persistent person |
| stalwartly | (Adv.) STALWART, staunch. |
| stalworth | (Arch.) stalwart; (noun) a stalwart person. |
| stouthearted | having a stout heart or spirit. |
| stoutheartedly | (Adv.) STOUTHEARTED, having a stout heart or spirit. |
| superbold | very bold. |
| temerarious | rashly or presumptuously daring. |
| temerariously | (Adv.) TEMERARIOUS, rashly or presumptuously daring. |
| temerariousness | the state of being temerarious. |
| temerity | rashness, unreasonable contempt for danger. |
| temerous | rashly or presumptuously daring. |
| temerously | (Adv.) TEMEROUS, temerarious, marked by temerity. |
| unafraid | not afraid. |
| unbashful | not bashful or modest. |
| uncourageous | not courageous. |
| undaring | not daring. |
| undaunted | not daunted. |
| undauntedly | (Adv.) UNDAUNTED. |
| unfearful | not fearful. |
| unfearfully | (Adv.) UNFEARFUL, not fearful. |
| unfearing | not fearing. |
| unheroical | not heroic. |
| unheroically | (Adv.) UNHEROICAL, not heroical. |
| valiance | valour. |
| valiancy | valour. |
| valiant | brave (noun, obs.) a valiant person |
| valiantly | (Adv.) VALIANT, brave. |
| valiantness | the state of being valiant. |
| valor | (US) valour. |
| valorous | valiant. |
| valorously | (Adv.) VALOROUS, valiant. |
| valour | courage. |
| venturingly | (Adv.) VENTURING. |
| venturous | venturesome; adventurous. |
| venturously | (Adv.) VENTUROUS, venturesome. |
| venturousness | the state of being venturous. |