Synonyms of plucky

plucky

adjective

as in brave

informal having or showing a lot of courage or determination

A plucky young man who never gave up on his dream.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brave
• courageous
• valiant
• fearless
• determined
• gallant
• resolute
• heroic
• intrepid
• heroical
• unflinching
• bold
• dauntless
• spunky
• gutsy
• unswerving
• spirited
• undeterred
• gritty
• undaunted
• Spartan
• adventurous
• game
• stalwart
• hardy
• daring
• valorous
• stout
• firm
• reckless
• undismayed
• gutty
• doughty
• stouthearted
• lionhearted
• dashing
• venturesome
• audacious
• impulsive
• impetuous
• brazen
• mettlesome
• adventuresome
• hotheaded
• foolhardy
• venturous
• overconfident
• thoughtless
• daredevil
• brash
• rash
• heedless
• imprudent
• incautious
• greathearted
• wild
• undauntable
• madcap
• hasty
• reassured
• unafraid
• headlong
• encouraged
• comforted
• overbold
• emboldened
• precipitate
• heartened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• timid
• scary
• diffident
• mousy
• shy
• anxious
• skittish
• mousey
• nervous
• cautious
• careful
• apprehensive
• prudent
• frightened
• startled
• unadventurous
• afraid
• upset
• terrified
• weak
• heedful
• disturbed
• agitated
• spooked
• panicked
• scared
• unnerved
• perturbed
• shocked
• wimpy
• horrified
• disconcerted
• disquieted
• yellow
• timorous
• dastardly
• cowardly
• craven
• pusillanimous
• spineless
• unheroic
• coward
• fearful
• gutless
• spiritless
• nerveless
• terrorized
• panic-stricken
• ungallant
• chicken
• fainthearted
• lily-livered
• uncourageous
• chickenhearted
• poor-spirited
• poltroon
• weakhearted
• milk-livered
• chicken-livered

Examples of plucky in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the first season of Emily in Paris, the show’s plucky American heroine doesn’t speak a lick of French. —Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024

Yes, the movie version of Tiny Tina isn’t just a plucky NPC on the sidelines, and has been reworked as the daughter of the antagonist to use as a MacGuffin. —Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024

That same plucky spirit, aided with piercing wit and a genuinely compelling crime at its center, has been hard to get right in the intervening years. —Kerensa Cadenas, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2024

This bird-like biped, like many of the robots in Star Wars, was a curious, plucky and courageous little character, communicating mainly in R2D2-like bleeps and bloops. —New Atlas, 22 July 2024