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Definition of Intrepid

intrepid | fearlessness |

As an adjective intrepid

is fearless; bold; brave.

As a noun fearlessness is

the quality of being fearless.

intrepid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Fearless; bold; brave.
  • :* 2000 — Lennard Bickel, Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy
  • :*: Fewer than 70 years earlier, the intrepid James Cook in his ship Resolution had been the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.

    • Derived terms

    * intrepidity * intrepidness * intrepidly

    Related terms

    * trepidation

    See also

    * fearless * unafraid * courageous

    fearlessness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being fearless.

    • Synonyms

    *big balls

    See also

    * courage