fearless

1. 1.

   oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them

   Synonymsunafraid

   Similarunapprehensiveunblinkingunfrightened
2. 2.

   invulnerable to fear or intimidation

   “audacious explorers”

   “fearless reporters and photographers”

   “intrepid pioneers”

   Synonymsaudaciousbravedauntlesshardyintrepidunfearing

   Similarbold

Other forms of fearless

comparative

fearlesser·

superlative

fearlessest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fearless

What does fearless mean?

fearless means "oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fearless?

fearless has 2 syllables: fear-less. The stress falls on "fear". In IPA it is /ˈfɪɹləs/.

What is another word for fearless?

Close synonyms include unafraid, audacious, brave, dauntless, hardy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fearless a common word?

fearless is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.