noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being fearless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fearlessness
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.
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs/
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noun
Meaning 2
the trait of feeling no fear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: fearfulness
Broader terms: courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness
Narrower terms: coolness, nervelessness, boldness, daring, hardiness, hardihood, gutsiness, pluck, pluckiness
noun
Meaning 3
feeling no fear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bravery
Antonyms: fear
Broader terms: feeling
Narrower terms: security
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English fearless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fearlessness From fearless + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 无畏 (wúwèi) — quality of being fearless
- Chinese Mandarin: 无惧 — quality of being fearless
- Chinese Mandarin: 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn) — quality of being fearless
- Czech: nebojácnost — quality of being fearless
- Dutch: onbevreesdheid — quality of being fearless
- Finnish: pelottomuus — quality of being fearless
- French: intrépidité — quality of being fearless
- Georgian: უშიშრობა (ušišroba) — quality of being fearless
- German: Furchtlosigkeit — quality of being fearless
- Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 (unagei) — quality of being fearless
- Ancient Greek: ἀφοβία (aphobía) — quality of being fearless
- Hindi: निडरता (niḍartā) — quality of being fearless
- Hindi: निर्भीकता (nirbhīktā) — quality of being fearless
- Hindi: निर्भयता (nirbhaytā) — quality of being fearless
- Irish: neamheagla — quality of being fearless
- Irish: crógacht — quality of being fearless
- Khmer: សេចក្ដីក្លាហាន (səckdəy klaa haan) — quality of being fearless
- Manx: neuaggle — quality of being fearless
- Persian: نترس بودن (natars budan) — quality of being fearless
- Polish: nieustraszoność — quality of being fearless
- Portuguese: coragem — quality of being fearless
- Portuguese: destemor — quality of being fearless
- Portuguese: bravura — quality of being fearless
- Portuguese: audácia — quality of being fearless
- Romanian: curaj — quality of being fearless
- Romanian: temeritate — quality of being fearless
- Romanian: cutezanță — quality of being fearless
- Romanian: neînfricare — quality of being fearless
- Russian: бесстра́шие (besstrášije) — quality of being fearless
- Russian: неустраши́мость (neustrašímostʹ) — quality of being fearless
- Sanskrit: अभय (abhaya) — quality of being fearless
- Serbo-Croatian: neustràšivōst — quality of being fearless
- Serbo-Croatian: неустрашивост — quality of being fearless
- Spanish: valor — quality of being fearless
- Spanish: impavidez — quality of being fearless
- Spanish: intrepidez — quality of being fearless
- Spanish: demasía — quality of being fearless
- Telugu: అభయము (abhayamu) — quality of being fearless