Bravo

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Well done! good! sometimes used as a noun: as, “with bravo and handclapping,”
  • [It Italian the word is an adjective, and the correct usage is to say bravo to a male singer or actor, brava to a female, and bravi to a company; but in French and properly in English the word is a mere interjection. Careful persons familiar with the Italian usage do, however, discriminate as to gender.]
  • noun. A daring villain a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; an assassin or murderer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
  • interjection. Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
  • noun. A shout of "bravo!"
  • noun. The letter B in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
  • interjection. Used to express appreciation, especially to a performer.
  • verb. To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo!
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance
  • verb. applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava'
  • noun. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
  • Word Usage
    "Off they went highly delighted with the results of the interview, clapping their orator on the back, crying out _sh [= a] bash, sh [= a] bash, bravo, bravo_, and evidently believing the gift of the rupees as entirely due to the eloquence of their comrade."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    acclaim  applaud  cheer  clap  spat  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Pavo  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bandit  desperado  excellent  fine  good  
    variant
    bravoes