Intrepid

Definition: Intrepid

Intrepid

Adjective

1. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "intrepid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

INTREPID

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Intrepid

Courage

Adjective: courageous, brave; valiant, valorous; gallant, intrepid; spirited, spiritful; high-spirited, high-mettled; mettlesome, plucky; manly, manful; resolute; stout,.stout-hearted; iron-hearted, lion-hearted; heart of oak; Penthesilean.

Crosswords: Intrepid

Romanian (Dauntless, intrepid).

The Intrepid Mr. Twigg (1969)

Intrepid Shadows (1966)

Our Intrepid Correspondent (1911)

Intrepid Davy (1911)

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Books

• Chrysler Lhs, Concorde & New Yorker Dodge Intrepid Eagle Vision 1993 Thru 1997 All Models (reference)

• Haynes Chrysler LHS Concorde, 300M, Dodge Intrepid 1998-2001 Repair Manual (reference)

• Once Intrepid Warriors: Gender, Ethnicity and the Cultural Politics of Maasai Development (reference)

• The Intrepid Guerrillas of North Luzon (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Intrepid (reference)

• Story of the Fighting "I": The U.S.S. Intrepid (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Bean Descends Intrepid. Credit: NASA.

Intrepid explorers were rewarded by glimpses of crystal-lined ice cavern. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

In a stiff storm in the western Pacific, 8 November 1944. Photographed from USS Intrepid (CV-11). USS Hancock (CV-19) is in the background. Credit: NAVY.

U.S. Navy carrier aircraft attack the Japanese battleship Haruna at her moorings near Kure, Japan, 28 July 1945. Photographed from a USS Intrepid (CV-11) plane. Credit: NAVY.

Discovery of the Sage of Chappaqua by H.M. Stanely. The Sage disappears mysteriously Nov. 5th 1872. His discovery, after protracted search of the wilderness by Mr. Stanley, the intrepid explorer. Credit: Library of Congress.

You see before you the great-grandson of one of Napoleon's most intrepid generals. Credit: Library of Congress.

An architectural monument to the intrepid and zealous monks of the conquest, Masaya, Nicaragua, C.A. Credit: Library of Congress.

Intrepid aviator risks life to demonstrate feasibility of plane parachute ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Fair Oaks, Va. Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe observing the battle from his balloon "Intrepid". Credit: Library of Congress.

Intrepid. Credit: Library of Congress.

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The whole person of M. Leblanc, moreover, breathed a candid and intrepid confidence

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Economic History

Colombia

Intrepid firms know that with risk comes opportunity and competitive advantage against the less bold. (references)

Switzerland

Not only does Switzerland have a highly developed tourism infrastructure (making it a good market for tourism-related equipment and services), the Swiss also are intrepid travelers themselves. (references)

Political Economy

HAITI

Haiti's efforts to facilitate inward investment are insufficient to significantly draw all but the most intrepid domestic and foreign investors. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Ending with "intrepid": not-quite-so-intrepid.

Arabic 

‏مقدام (bold, enterprising, fearless, plucky, venturesome), ‏جسور (adventurous, audacious, bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, fearless, gutsy, hardy, stout hearted), ‏جرىء (adventurous, audacious, bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, defiant, fearless, forward, gutsy, hardy, lion-hearted, plucky, stout, stout hearted), ‏باسل (brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, gallant, soldierly, undaunted, valiant). (various references)

Bulgarian 

храбър (brave, gallant, heroic, lion-hearted, martial, soldierlike, soldierly, spirited, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous), неустрашим (fearless, mettled, mettlesome, temerarious, undaunted, unshrinking), безстрашен (fearless, lion-hearted, undaunted, unflinching). (various references)

Chinese 

强悍. (various references)

Czech

srdnatý, neohrožený (audacious, fearless, undaunted), nebojácný (Dauntless, fearless, unapprehensive, undaunted). (various references)

Dutch

stoutmoedig (audacious, bold, courageous, daring, fearless), stout (audacious, bold, courageous, daring, fearless), gedurfd (audacious, bold, daring), brutaal (abandoned, audacious, bold, brazen, daring, impertinent, impudent, rude). (various references)

Esperanto

aŭdaca (audacious, bold, daring). (various references)

Farsi 

متهور 1 (Audacious, Bold, Brash, Hardy, Venturer), شجاع (Brave, Gallant, Stark, Valiant), دلیر (Bold, Brave, Courageous, Gallant, Hardy, Plucky), بی ترس (Impavid), بی باک (Audacious, Bold, Brazen, Daredevil, Dashing, Heroic, Stalwart, Venturer), باجرات (Courageous, Gamy, Gritty). (various references)

Finnish

urhea (brave, valiant), peloton (fearless, undaunted, undismayed). (various references)

French

intrépide, osé, audacieux. (various references)

German

unerschrocken (bold, brave, courageous, Dauntless, fearless, Hardy, intrepidly, lionhearted, stout, stout hearted, stout-heartedly, unabashed, unafraid, undaunted, undauntedly, unflinching, unflinchingly). (various references)

Greek 

άφοβοσ (fearless, undaunted, unfearing), ατρόμητοσ (fearless, unawed, undaunted, unflinching), ατρόμητος (fearless). (various references)

Hebrew 

ללא חת (indomitable), אמיץ לב (courageous, stout hearted, valiant). (various references)

Hungarian

rettenthetetlen (dauntless, dreadnought, fearless, indomitable, redoubtable, undaunted), merész (adventurous, audacious, bold, brave, coup, daring, enterprising, foolhardy, hazardous, parlous, plucky, presumptuous, risky, valiant, valorous, venturesome, Venturous), félelem nélküli (dauntless, devoid of fear). (various references)

Indonesian

pemberani (courageous person, daredevil). (various references)

Italian

intrepido (Dauntless, fearless, gallant, stouthearted, unshrinking, valiant), coraggioso (bold, brave, courageous, gallant, gritty, high-spirited, manly, plucky, stalwart, stout), ardito (bold, daring, dashing, Hardy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

精悍 (fearless), 不敵 (bold, daring, fearless, tough). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふてき (bold, daring, fearless, impropriety, inadequacy, inappropriateness, tough, unfitness), せいかん (can manufacturing, careful supervision, fearless, grand spectacle, peaceful, quiet, reaching the home plate, returning alive, seminal duct, sexual feelings, tranquility, watchful waiting). (various references)

Manx

neuagglit, anatchimagh. (various references)

Norwegian

uforferdet, fryktløs (fearless). (various references)

Pig Latin

intrepiday.(various references)

Portuguese

intrépido (audacious, aweless, dauntless, fearless, manful, spirited, stout, stouthearted, undaunted, unshrinking), ousado (audacious, chanceful, confident, daring, hardy, high-spirited, perky, plucky, reckless, unabashed, venturesome), corajoso (adventurous, bold, brave, chivalrous, cool, courageous, fearless, gallant, game, gamy, go-ahead, hardy, high-hearted, high-spirited, lion-hearted, manful, mettled, mettlesome, plucky, resolute, soldierly, spirited, spunky, stout, unshrinking, valiant, venturous), audaz (audacious, bold, chanceful, courageous, daring, dauntless, devil, undaunted, venturesome), arriscado (audacious, breakneck, chanceful, dangerous, daring, hazardous, perilous, precarious, risky, scabrous, speculative, touch-and-go, ugly, unsafe, venturesome). (various references)

Romanian

intrepid (Dauntless), cutezãtor (bold, boldly, courageous, daring, daringly, dashing, enterprising, foolhardy, Hardy, intrepidly, nervy, stout), îndrãzneţ (assuming, audacious, bold, boldly, cheeky, cocky, courageous, daring, fearless, gallant, high-spirited, manful, nervy, overdaring, reckless, risky, venturesome). (various references)

Russian 

неустрашимый (dauntless, fearless, lion-hearted, undaunted, unshrinking), бесстрашный (awless, dauntless, devoid of fear, fearless, unafraid, unapprehensive). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

neustrašiv (brave, dauntless, fearless, undaunted, unshrinking). (various references)

Spanish

intrépido (audacious, bold, Dauntless, fearless). (various references)

Swedish

orädd (fearless, lion-hearted). (various references)

Turkish

korkusuz (courageous, Dauntless, fearless, safe, stalwart, unafraid, undaunted, unflinching), gözüpek (adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, courageous, dare devil, daring, fearless, gamy, gutsy, Hardy, nothing if not courageous, stalwart, undaunted, venturesome, Venturous), cesur (adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, brave, bulldog, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dashing, Dauntless, Doughty, enterprising, fearless, foolhardy, gallant, game, gamy, great-hearted, gritty, gutsy, Hardy, heroic, martial, plucky, redoubtable, resolute, spartan, spirited, spunky, stout, stouthearted, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome, Venturous). (various references)

Turkmen 

gaяduwsyz (fearless). (various references)

Ukrainian

безстрашний (aweless, awless, fearless, lion-hearted, undaunted). (various references)

Vietnamese 

gan dạ (brave, gallantly, gamy, hardy, plucked, plucky, stout-hearted, unshrinking), dũng cảm (bold, courageous, dauntless, fearless, hardily, hardy, heart-whole, high-hearted, high-spirited, lion-hearted, prow, stout-hearted, valiant). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "intrepid": intrepidities, intrepidity, intrepidly, intrepidness, intrepidnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Intrepid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atrypid, entrepid, intermid, interp, interperiod, interpid, interpit, interpot, intrapid, intreid, intrepic, intrepis, intreprid, intrpid. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: inditer, nitride, printed, riptide, tiderip.

-2 letters: dipnet, indite, nitrid, pinder, pinier, pinite, pitied, pitier, pterin, redipt, rident, tidier, tiepin, tinder, tineid, tinier, trepid, trined.

-3 letters: diner, dript, indie, indri, inept, inert, inter, niter, nitid, nitre, pined, pride, pried, print, redip, repin, riped, ripen, teiid, teind, tepid, tined, tired, trend, tried, trine, tripe.

-4 letters: deni.

+1 letter: imprinted, perdition, pteridine.

+2 letters: inspirited, intrepidly, misprinted, perditions, pinstriped, predicting, prediction, preediting, pteridines, punditries, springtide.

+3 letters: deprivation, description, improvident, intrepidity, nephritides, partitioned, predicating, predication, predictions, prenotified, repudiating, repudiation, serendipity, springtides, stipendiary, trepidation.

+4 letters: antiperiodic, depreciating, depreciation, deprivations, descriptions, distempering, intrepidness, meanspirited, pediatrician, periodontics, periodontist, preadmitting, precondition, predestining, predications, predigesting, predigestion, predilection, preinduction, presidential, profundities, providential, redepositing, repositioned, repudiations, spiritedness, trepidations.