UNAFRAID Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

unafraid

adjective

Definition of unafraid

as in encouraged

not frightened or fearful He is unafraid of failure. They were unafraid to take a chance.

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Recent Examples of unafraid Scott the aesthete, the creator of indelible images and ethereal moods who was unafraid to linger in beauty, even when that beauty was corrupted. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026 Thank you for being unafraid to show your most authentic self. — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2026 Trans comedian Jordan Gray is extremely unafraid to bare it all, including her soul, when behind the piano. — Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Since joining the court in 2022, Jackson has become a prolific and passionate dissenter, unafraid to criticize the conservative majority even when her fellow liberal justices do not always join her. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unafraid

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unafraid

Adjective

The play of Phillips, Taaffe, Rodriguez and Johnson should have the Dolphins very encouraged.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
In one place, a behavior is permissible or even encouraged, while in another, that same behavior is unacceptable and has negative consequences.

— Dr. Monika Sumra, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of encouraged

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

Zaslav and the Warner board drove a hard bargain, rejecting a series of takeover offers by Paramount CEO David Ellison that started at $18 a share in cash with the offer propelled ever higher by the determined Ellison.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
But the Oscar-winning writer of 2010’s The Social Network remained determined not to go back to that well.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of determined

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

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