Standard Lemma guide

fearless

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈfɪɹləs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪələs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)ləs
  • CMU ARPABET: F IH1 R L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Without fear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unafraid(p)

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

invulnerable to fear or intimidation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • audacious explorers
  • fearless reporters and photographers
  • intrepid pioneers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: audacious, brave, dauntless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English fear Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English fearless From fear + -less.

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ደፋር (däfar) — free from fear
  • Arabic: جريء (jarīʔ) — free from fear
  • Arabic: جريئة (jarīʔa) — free from fear
  • Armenian: անվախ (anvax) — free from fear
  • Azerbaijani: qorxmaz — free from fear
  • Belarusian: бясстра́шны (bjasstrášny) — free from fear
  • Bulgarian: безстра́шен (bezstrášen) — free from fear
  • Bulgarian: неустраши́м (neustraším) — free from fear
  • Catalan: impàvid — free from fear
  • Catalan: intrèpid — free from fear
  • Cherokee: ᏍᎦᏎᏅ (sgasenv) — free from fear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不怕的 (bùpà de) — free from fear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大膽的 /大胆的 (dàdǎn de) — free from fear
  • Czech: nebojácný — free from fear
  • Danish: frygtløs — free from fear
  • Danish: uforfærdet — free from fear
  • Dutch: onbevreesd — free from fear
  • Esperanto: sentima — free from fear
  • Finnish: peloton — free from fear
  • French: courageux — free from fear
  • French: brave — free from fear
  • French: intrépide — free from fear
  • Galician: destemido — free from fear
  • Georgian: უშიშარი (ušišari) — free from fear
  • Georgian: გაბედული (gabeduli) — free from fear
  • Georgian: მამაცი (mamaci) — free from fear
  • Georgian: შეუპოვარი (šeuṗovari) — free from fear
  • German: furchtlos — free from fear
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (unagands) — free from fear
  • Greek: άφοβος (áfovos) — free from fear
  • Ancient Greek: ἄφοβος (áphobos) — free from fear
  • Ancient Greek: ἀδεής (adeḗs) — free from fear
  • Hindi: निर्भीक (nirbhīk) — free from fear
  • Hindi: निडर (niḍar) — free from fear
  • Hindi: निर्भय (nirbhay) — free from fear
  • Hungarian: rettenthetetlen — free from fear
  • Hungarian: félelmetlen — free from fear
  • Hungarian: féletlen — free from fear
  • Italian: senza paura — free from fear
  • Italian: impavido — free from fear
  • Jamaican Creole: tallawah — free from fear
  • Japanese: 大胆な (daitan na) — free from fear
  • Japanese: 恐れない (osorenai) — free from fear
  • Latin: impavidus — free from fear
  • Latin: intrepidus — free from fear
  • Lithuanian: bebaimis — free from fear
  • Macedonian: бестрашен (bestrašen) — free from fear
  • Māori: mātātoa — free from fear
  • Māori: wehikore — free from fear
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fryktløs — free from fear
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fryktlaus — free from fear
  • Old English: unforht — free from fear
  • Persian: نترس (natars) — free from fear
  • Plautdietsch: forchtlooss — free from fear
  • Polish: nieustraszony — free from fear
  • Portuguese: destemido — free from fear
  • Portuguese: impávido — free from fear
  • Russian: бесстра́шный (besstrášnyj) — free from fear
  • Russian: неустраши́мый (neustrašímyj) — free from fear
  • Sanskrit: वीतभी (vītabhī) — free from fear
  • Serbo-Croatian: neustràšiv — free from fear
  • Serbo-Croatian: неустрашив — free from fear
  • Slovak: nebojácny — free from fear
  • Spanish: intrépido — free from fear
  • Spanish: impávido — free from fear
  • Spanish: sin miedo — free from fear
  • Swedish: orädd — free from fear
  • Telugu: నిర్భయము (nirbhayamu) — free from fear
  • Telugu: భయములేని (bhayamulēni) — free from fear
  • Turkish: korkusuz — free from fear
  • Turkish: yılmaz — free from fear
  • Ottoman Turkish: قورقوسز (korkusuz) — free from fear
  • Ukrainian: безстра́шний (bezstrášnyj) — free from fear
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