intrepid

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈtrɛpɪd/ UK /ɪnˈtrɛpɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
fearless; resolutely brave in the face of danger

The intrepid explorer pressed on into the uncharted ravine.

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Synonyms

1 adj · fearless; resolutely brave... fearless dauntless valiant bold undaunted courageous

Opposites

timid cowardly fearful craven faint-hearted

Word family

Forms intrepidity

Derived forms intrepidityintrepidlyintrepidness

Related forms trepidationtrepid

Etymology

From Latin intrepidus ('unshaken, fearless'), from in- ('not') + trepidus ('alarmed, agitated'), related to trepidare ('to tremble').

intrepidus Latin trepidus Latin

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# intrepid

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈtrɛpɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈtrɛpɪd/

## Meanings
1. fearless; resolutely brave in the face of danger

## Examples
- The intrepid explorer pressed on into the uncharted ravine.

## Synonyms
- fearless
- dauntless
- valiant
- bold
- undaunted
- courageous

## Antonyms
- timid
- cowardly
- fearful
- craven
- faint-hearted

## Derived Forms
- intrepidity
- intrepidly
- intrepidness

## Related Forms
- trepidation
- trepid

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: intrepidus
- Root: trepidus

## Etymology
From Latin intrepidus ('unshaken, fearless'), from in- ('not') + trepidus ('alarmed, agitated'), related to trepidare ('to tremble').

## AI Etymology
intrepid comes from Latin intrepidus ('unshaken, fearless'), from in- ('not') + trepidus ('alarmed, agitated'), related to trepidare ('to tremble'). Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the adjective sense is "fearless; resolutely brave in the face of danger", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as trepidation and trepid, and in derivatives such as intrepidity, intrepidly, and intrepidness. Its semantic neighborhood includes fearless, dauntless, valiant, and bold, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin intrepidus and Latin trepidus.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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