[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

courageous \coura"geous\ k?r-?"j?s, a. f. courageux.
   possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.
   1913 webster

         with this victory, the women became most courageous and
         proud, and the men waxed . . . fearful and desperate.
                                                  --stow.

   syn: gallant; brave; bold; daring; valiant; valorous; heroic;
        intrepid; fearless; hardy; stout; adventurous;
        enterprising. see gallant.
        1913 webster
see also:
gallant 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

courageous
     adj : possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with
           danger or fear without flinching; "familiarity with
           danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"-
           herman melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed
           over pain"- william wordsworth; "set a courageous
           example by leading them safely into and out of
           enemy-held territory" syn: brave, fearless ant:
           cowardly
see also:
brave fearless cowardly 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

42 moby thesaurus words for "courageous":
   audacious, bold, bold-spirited, brave, chivalric, chivalrous,
   daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fiery, gallant, game,
   greathearted, gritty, gutsy, gutty, hardy, heroic, herolike,
   high-spirited, intrepid, ironhearted, knightlike, knightly,
   lionhearted, manful, manly, mettlesome, plucky, soldierlike,
   soldierly, spunky, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, strong,
   tenacious, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous

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