swashbuckling

adjective

Definition of swashbucklingnext
as in heroic

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Recent Examples of swashbuckling This match has the potential to be symphonic, with Bartůňková’s swashbuckling attack meeting Andreeva’s counterpunching durability. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026 Michael Curtiz’s Captain Blood finds Flynn almost at the top of his swashbuckling game. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026 The term instead invokes a journey marked by swashbuckling adventure, romantic wanderlust and wide-eyed curiosity. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 July 2026 Sky was founded by Rupert Murdoch in 1990 and became a swashbuckling growth and innovation story in the UK television market, culminating in a $39 billion sale to Comcast in 2018. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for swashbuckling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swashbuckling
  1. heroic
  2. valiant
  3. fearless
  4. intrepid
  5. brave
  6. courageous
  7. gallant
  8. valorous
Adjective
  • And the Liberty needed one more heroic moment in overtime while down one.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • At the heart of Fee’s heroic narratives is the idea of a self that attains purity.
    — Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of heroic
Adjective
  • The Florida Panthers were able to mount a valiant comeback in San Jose, rallying from three goals down in the second period and scoring two in the third before ultimately falling in overtime.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Despite a valiant effort on the water, that milestone failed to normalize a more ever-present female presence at the Cup for almost three decades.
    — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of valiant
Adjective
  • This caution is surprising in a writer who has elsewhere been fearless about identity and America, attentive to the country’s institutional capacity to humiliate, compromise, and implicate the people who claim it.
    — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The fearless action and yachting photographer has spent 40 years capturing iconic images while dangling from the top of a 200-foot mast or diving beneath the keel of a racing boat.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of fearless
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  • Back then, yoga and meditation, powerful and intuitive massage, herbal treatments inspired by centuries-old rituals of Balinese royalty and, of course, the mysterious local energy healers known as balian drew intrepid pre–smartphone era travelers.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Yet some intrepid public readers are unaffected by the seasons.
    — Nora Krug, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of intrepid
Adjective
  • There were a lot of brave guys who stayed to fight there — and people at home don't know what happened.
    — Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Cagle added that the photo showed a confident, brilliant, brave, polite, gracious, kind and gentle young man.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of brave
Adjective
  • Now in its fifth year, the Albies is the Clooney Foundation’s annual ceremony, which shines an international spotlight on courageous individuals who have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of justice, often at great personal risk.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • At the same time, sympathetic observers feed the need of protesters to feel relevant by praising participants for being bold, courageous, uncompromising and willing to endure abuse and hostility.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of courageous
Adjective
  • Susanna Moore is terribly important to us, more so than any of Hemingway’s gallant girls.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
  • First to one knee and then all the way up like a gallant fighter gathering himself.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of gallant
Adjective
  • Roy Benavidez, a Texas native who was awarded the Medal of Honor for valorous action during combat in Vietnam.
    — Melissa Renteria, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The Congressional Medal of Honor Society recommendations for the medal must be submitted within three years of the valorous act, and the medal must be presented within five years.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Definition of valorous

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“Swashbuckling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swashbuckling. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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