valorousness

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 and divides as va-lo-rou-sness under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.