Synonyms of bravura

bravura

adjective

as in virtuoso

accomplished with trained ability

a truly bravura performance of the ballet that brought the crowd to its feet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• virtuoso
• masterful
• artistic
• skillful
• delicate
• expert
• masterly
• artful
• smooth
• adroit
• deft
• workmanlike
• practised
• dextrous
• dexterous
• practiced
• creative
• ingenious
• facile
• clever
• adept
• cunning
• adequate
• neat
• fancy
• capable
• competent
• able

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amateur
• artless
• amateurish
• crude
• unprofessional
• rude
• clumsy
• awkward
• ineffective
• ineffectual
• unskillful
• incompetent
• klutzy
• inept

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bravura

Thus enfranchised, Hackman took on Richard Harris’ elegant killer English Bob with gusto, mixing in a bravura oratorical gavotte with ample kicks to the ribs, and summoning the Best Supporting Actor trophy. —Fred Schruers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025

In this balance lies the bravura, idiosyncratic source of Murakami’s popularity. —Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024

Sanders, on the other hand — in the most outrageously, satisfyingly bravura role of his career — doubles down on the stereotype. —Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023

Its most bravura trick is rooted less in a display of mastery than one of vulnerability. —Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 28 June 2023

With all due respect to the bravura world-creation of Wakanda, what is likely Carter’s single most effective achievement is so simple and casual as to seem to have come straight from a uniform-supply warehouse. —Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023

But at least Bay gave the viewers plenty of nonpareil CGI carnage to chew on, as with a bravura third act that tears through Chicago skyscrapers like sand castles, bouncing from one colossal set piece to the next. —Nick Allen, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2023

No matter how bravura the substance of his disquisitions, this act, predictably, grew tiresome. —Justin Driver, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022