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fear·less
 fearless
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- pronunciation:
- fir
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
without fear; undaunted; brave.
The fearless flight attendant disarmed the hijacker.- synonyms:
- brave, courageous, doughty, intrepid, lionhearted, undaunted, valiant
- antonyms:
- afraid, fearful, terrified
- similar words:
- audacious, bold, daring, dauntless, gallant, heroic, plucky, venturesome
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| related words: |
courageous, dashing, indomitable, stout, valiant |
adverb + (adj.)fearless
absolutely, completely, extremely, totally, utterly
(adj.)fearless
+ adverb
truly
(adj.)fearless
+ noun
athlete,
aviator,
battle,
champion,
climber,
cookbook,
courage,
detective,
diver,
entrepreneur,
explorer,
fashion,
female,
fighter,
forecast,
frying,
hero,
inventory,
journalist,
killer,
leader,
male,
prediction,
prosecutor,
vampire,
warrior
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| derivations: |
fearlessly (adv.), fearlessness (n.) |
The word fearless
contains the following part:
-less
Middle English
adjective-forming suffix
that means without
  More about this word part:
The suffix -less
attaches primarily to monosyllabic English nouns. However, -less
is a fully productive suffix, meaning it can be added to any noun to form legitimate new words.
Example words:
aimless, airless, baseless, blameless, bloodless, boneless, bodiless, bottomless, boundless, brainless, breathless, careless, cheerless, colorless, cordless, countless, dauntless, doubtless, endless, fatherless, fearless, feckless, flawless, formless, graceless, groundless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, jobless, joyless, listless, matchless, merciless, mindless, motionless, nameless, painless, peerless, penniless, pitiless, pointless, powerless, priceless, regardless, relentless, restless, selfless, sightless, soundless1, spotless, stainless, strapless, sunless, tasteless, thoughtless, tireless, useless, wireless, weightless, worthless
- synonyms:
- a-1, an-1
- antonyms:
- -ful1
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