bravos
Shouts of approval
Bravos is the plural of bravo, which has two main senses.
As an exclamation, bravo applauds a performance—shouting it at the opera, or offering multiple bravos for an encore.
The other bravo is a hired assassin or desperado, from Italian: The duke employed bravos to eliminate his rivals.
This sense is literary and historical.
Casual toast or farewell
- ovationExtended audience applause
- acclaimEnthusiastic public approval
- clappingRhythmic palm strikes
- standing ovationApplause while risen
curtain call · encore · kudos · plaudits · appreciation · audience · theater · performance
Casual toast or farewell
- shoutsLoud vocal outbursts
- criesWeeps or shouts
- huzzahsExclamations of enthusiastic approval
- hurrahsShouts expressing joy
acclamations · vivas · hoorahs · salutes · roars · bellows · outcries · ejaculations
Paid assassins
- mercenariesSoldiers paid to fight
- killersThose who cause death
- hired gunsCombatants paid to fight
- thugsViolent criminals
enforcers · cutthroats · operatives · henchmen · blades · daggers · Renaissance · Medici
cheers
Casual toast or farewell
standing ovation · curtain call · encore · kudos · plaudits · appreciation · audience · theater · performance · adulation
cheers
Casual toast or farewell
hurrahs · acclamations · vivas · hoorahs · salutes · roars · bellows · outcries · ejaculations · interjections
hitmen
Paid assassins
- mercenariesSoldiers paid to fight
- killersThose who cause death
- hired gunsCombatants paid to fight
thugs · enforcers · cutthroats · operatives · henchmen · blades · daggers · Renaissance · Medici · vendetta
- praiselauding, compliments, laudation, accolades, great job
- encore momentsstanding ovation, applause, curtain call, bows, cheers
- operaopera, aria, arias, soprano, tenor
bravossilence
Total lack of sound
dead silence · crickets · disapproval · cold reception · criticism
- acts of bravery
- false braveryFeigned fearlessness
- bravery awardHonor for courageous action
- Johnny BravoVain animated muscleman
- Rio BravoSpanish for fierce river
- alpha bravo