courage: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 10 letter points · starts with C · ends with E
Meaning of courage
noun
- uncountable, usually
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
Example: It takes a lot of courage to be successful in business.
- uncountable, usually
The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
Example: He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.
- uncountable, usually
The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal; moral fortitude.
Listed forms: courages.
Source: Wiktionary — courage.
verb
- obsolete
To encourage.
Listed forms: courages, couraging, couraged.
Source: Wiktionary — courage.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is courage in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of courage
C(3) + O(1) + U(1) + R(1) + A(1) + G(2) + E(1) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of courage
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from courage
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