valiant
Meanings
Plural: valiants
Adjective Satellite
- having or showing valor
- "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"
- "a valiant soldier"
Adj
- Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
- Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.
Noun
- A person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English vailaunt (“having or showing courage or valour, valiant; characterized by valour; powerful, strong; person of valour or strength; excellent, worthy; beneficial, useful; valuable; legally valid, binding”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vaillaunt, vaylant [and other forms], and Old French vailant, vaillant (“brave, valiant; having value, valuable”) [and other forms], from the present participle of valoir (“to have value; to be worth”), from Latin valēre (“to have value; to be worth; to be strong; to have influence or power”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“powerful, strong; to rule”).
Synonyms
adventurous, aweless, bad, bold, brass-balled, chivalrous, courageous, daredevil, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fortitudinous, gallant, gutsy, heroic, intrepid, lionhearted, orped, plucky, stalwart, stalworth, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
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