BRAVURA Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

bravura

adjective

Definition of bravura

as in virtuoso

accomplished with trained ability a truly bravura performance of the ballet that brought the crowd to its feet

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Recent Examples of bravura Serpell is also a sometime film critic for the Review, contributing considerations of Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther, Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You, Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, and a bravura essay about Émile Zola and the movie Zola. — Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026 The most eye-catching part of his work is his bravura treatment of light and shadow, an aspect of the style known as preciosismo in Spanish, in which he was much influenced by Fortuny. — Benjamin Lima special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026 Ford put in a bravura performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026 The many years spent pondering and preparing for a potential attack on Iran are the reason that the first days of the war were, for the most part, a bravura display of American power. — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bravura

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Adjective

Thanks to more than 200 years of intense and virtuoso scientific work, what were once valid or at least plausible concerns and objections to vaccines have been overcome.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
A lot of the movie feels like a virtuoso chase sequence, people barreling down the road, guns blazing.

— Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026

Definition of virtuoso

Adjective

After the contest, the singer continued her artistic pursuit, performing with a handful of bands including Bobby Wayne & the Dixies and, later, Imagination.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
For an album that feels like a major artistic statement, almost none of the songs have a single definitive version.

— Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026

Definition of artistic

Adjective

Djokovic put in a masterful performance against a player who had gone in as many people’s favorite after demolishing the champion of two years earlier, Andy Murray, in the semifinals.

— Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 July 2026
That family history, including people technically unrelated to him, had contributed to this designer’s rather masterful ability to design and tailor.

— Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of masterful

Adjective

There’s likely to be grasping, resisting, skillful and futile efforts to swim and worry about what’s up ahead.

— Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
One of the few calls of the night was from Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault, ready to get his hands on the skillful point guard.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026

Definition of skillful

Adjective

Their wide silhouette creates an interesting contrast with the delicate shape of a granny blouse.

— René Chávez Esparza, Glamour, 9 July 2026
Satellites perform a delicate dance to maintain their orbit, by locking themselves to a speed just fast enough to counteract the downward pull of gravity.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 July 2026

Definition of delicate

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