D Brave- courageous
lionhearted
brave and determined. brave, courageous, valiant, gallant, intrepid, valorous, fearless, bold, daring; stouthearted, stalwart, heroic, doughty, plucky, manly; informal gutsy, gutty, spunky, ballsy. ANTONYMS cowardly.
audacious
1 showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks: bold, daring, fearless, intrepid, brave, courageous, valiant, heroic, plucky; daredevil, devil-may-care, reckless, madcap; venturesome, mettlesome; informal gutsy, gutty, spunky, ballsy, skookum; literary temerarious. ANTONYMS timid.
plucky
having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties. brave, courageous, bold, daring, fearless, intrepid, spirited, game, valiant, valorous, stouthearted, dauntless, resolute, determined, undaunted, unflinching, audacious, unafraid, doughty, mettlesome; informal gutsy, gutty, spunky, skookum. ANTONYMS timid.
adventurous
willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences: daring, daredevil, intrepid, venturesome, bold, fearless, brave, unafraid, unshrinking, dauntless; informal gutsy, gutty, spunky, skookum. ANTONYMS cautious.
reckless
(of a person or their actions) without thinking or caring about the consequences of an action: rash, careless, thoughtless, heedless, unheeding, hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous, impetuous, impulsive, daredevil, devil-may-care; irresponsible, foolhardy, audacious, overadventurous; ill-advised, injudicious, madcap, imprudent, unwise, ill-considered; informal kamikaze; literary temerarious. ANTONYMS careful.
gallant
(of a person or their behavior) brave; heroic brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, bold, plucky, daring, fearless, intrepid, heroic, lionhearted, stouthearted, doughty, mettlesome, dauntless, undaunted, unflinching, unafraid; informal gutsy, gutty, spunky, skookum. ANTONYMS cowardly.
valiant
possessing or showing courage or determination brave, courageous, valorous, intrepid, heroic, gallant, lionhearted, bold, fearless, daring, audacious; unflinching, unshrinking, unafraid, dauntless, undaunted, doughty, tough, indomitable, mettlesome, stouthearted, spirited, plucky; informal game, gutsy, gutty, spunky. ANTONYMS cowardly.
gusty
showing courage, determination, and spirit brave, courageous, plucky, bold, daring, fearless, adventurous, audacious, valiant, intrepid, heroic, lionhearted, undaunted, unflinching, unshrinking, unafraid, dauntless, indomitable, doughty, stouthearted; spirited, determined, resolute; informal spunky, gutty, feisty, ballsy, skookum.
