Daringness is an unnecessarily extended (and therefore unnecessary) variant.ġ4. Daring: This word has a connotation of reckless disregard for personal safety. Courageousness: This is an oddly superfluous term, considering that courage is more compact and means exactly the same thing, but courageous is a useful adjective.ġ2-13. Cojones: This frequently misspelled slang word, from the Spanish word meaning “testicles,” is often used as a (slightly) less offensive alternative to its counterpart in English slang.ġ1. Chivalry: This term, from the French word chevaler (whence chevalier as a synonym for knight the Latin ancestor is caballarius, “horseman”), originally referred to the courage of a knight but later came to encompass other ideal but often unrealized qualities such as courtesy and devoutness.ġ0. Brave, too, has an alternate meaning of “excellent,” and as a noun used to refer to an American Indian warrior.ĩ. Bravery: This word, like courage itself, is an all-purpose term, though it also can mean “finery” or “ostentatious display,” perhaps from the idea of a triumphant hero’s trappings. Bottle: This British English slang term derives from the word for a container for liquid whether it alludes to the receptacle’s sturdiness or to the false courage inspired by imbibing alcohol from it is unclear.Ĩ. Boldness: This word means “daring, fearless” but can also mean “adventurous” as well as “presumptuous.”ħ. Balls: This vulgar slang for testicles suggests that a person said, in a figurative sense, to possess them is endowed with an anatomical feature equated with virility and thus with courage.Ħ. Backbone: This word, one of several on this list that figuratively refer to body parts, implies that a courageous person is unyielding or indestructible.ĥ. Audacity: This term’s meaning as a synonym for courage is tainted by another sense, that of shamelessness.Ĥ. Adventuresomeness: Like many words on this list, this one is encumbered by the suffix -ness, but it and its nearly identical-looking and somewhat less clumsy synonym adventurousness convey a connotation of a flair for undertaking risky or dangerous enterprises.ģ. Here’s a roster of the valiant vocabulary:ġ-2. Some terms refer to determination more than bravery, but the two qualities are intertwined. It's helpful to know any homonyms to a word that you're learning in order to avoid word mix-ups in the future.Courage comes in many varieties, often identified by distinct synonyms. Homonyms are often confused with homophones, which have the same pronunciation but are spelled differently, and homographs, which are pronounced differently but are spelled the same. watch - a wearable timepiece (such as a wrist watch) or to look at something (such as watching television).trip - to stumble or fall (such as tripping on a curb) or a vacation (such as a summer trip).fire - a flaming blaze (such as a forest fire) or to terminate someone from a job (such as firing an employee).
Many puns are inspired by homonym mix-ups! Because these words sound and look the same but mean something different, they can be a source of entertainment, confusion or even inspiration. Homonyms are words that have the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings. For example, the verb "walk" sets a different pace than "saunter," and "drink" implies a different style than "guzzle." The differences are implied by the word selected, and when a writer is trying to paint a picture in a reader's mind, those differences can make or break a writer's prose. Synonyms make it possible for writers to create a certain mood with their subtle differences. For example, beautiful and princess have the same connotation of beauty, but they are not synonyms because beautiful is an adjective and princess is a noun. Synonyms must be the same part of speech. Their meanings are similar and can be interchanged with one another. The words amazing, astounding and marvelous are all synonyms. They are used to add variety to writing and speech and allow you to avoid repetition.
Synonyms are words that share meanings with other words.
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