bravery B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈbɹeɪ.və.ɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #9385 Meanings 1 noun Courage; the quality of facing danger or pain without showing fear. The soldier was given a medal for his bravery. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · courage; the quality of... couragefearlessness More bravenesscourageousnesspluckvalor Word family Derived forms overbravery Related forms bravadobravebravure Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”). By surface analysis, brave + -ery. braveria Italian View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bravery **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbɹeɪ.və.ɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 9385 ## Meanings 1. Courage; the quality of facing danger or pain without showing fear. ## Examples - The soldier was given a medal for his bravery. ## Synonyms - braveness - courage - courageousness - fearlessness - pluck - valor ## Derived Forms - overbravery ## Related Forms - bravado - brave - bravure ## Roots and Affixes - Root: braveria - Affix: -ery - place ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”). By surface analysis, brave + -ery. ## AI Etymology Bravery was borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”). By surface analysis, brave + -ery. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown