valorousness

1. 1.

   the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)

   “he showed great heroism in battle”

   “he received a medal for valor”

   Synonymsheroismgallantryvalorvalourvaliancevaliancy

   Broadercourage

Other forms of valorousness

plural

valorousnesses·

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 valorousness

What does valorousness mean?

valorousness means "the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)".

How many syllables are in valorousness?

valorousness has 4 syllables: va-lo-rou-sness. The stress falls on "lo".

What is another word for valorousness?

Close synonyms include heroism, gallantry, valor, valour, valiance. 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 valorousness a common word?

valorousness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.