Synonyms of coward
52 similar words · 1 opposite word
Another word for coward is poltroon. Other synonyms of coward are recreant, wheyface, baby and dog.
Synonyms and similar words for coward
nounA person who lacks courage.
- chickenA coward.
- pulletA spineless person; a coward.
- scaredy pantsSynonym of scaredy-cat.
- yellowbellyA coward.
- big babyAn adult or youth prone to immature behavior associated with babies, such as tantrums or pouting.
- baby
- bottler slang
- candy-ass slangA cowardly or timid person; a wimp.
- candy-arse Ireland, UK
- chicken liver slangA coward.
- chickenshitA coward.
- cocktail UK, slangA mean, half-hearted fellow.
- cowardy custard slangA coward; a timid or fearful person.
- cravenA coward.
- dog
- fraidy catSynonym of scaredy-cat (“coward”).
- funker
- gutless wonder slangOne who lacks guts or courage; a coward.
- invertebrate informalA spineless person; a coward.
- lizardA coward.
- milquetoastA person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.
- nancyAn effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
- nidgetA coward.
- piece of crapSynonym of piece of shit.
- piece of shit
- pisspantsAn objectionable or cowardly person.
- poltroonAn ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.
- punk
- pussy slang, vulgarA coward; a weakling; an ineffectual, timid, weak-spirited, or pathetic person.
- pussyholeA coward.
- quiche-eater
- recreantSomebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward or traitor.
- scaredy cat
- shithouse Ireland, UKA coward; one who is overly fearful or timid.
- sissyA timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
- sluggard
- snoolAn abject, cowardly person who submits tamely to others.
- sook slangA crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward.
- weak sister US
- wheyfaceOne who is pale, as from fear; a coward.
- yellow belly slang
- yellow back slangA coward.
- caitiff archaicA villain, a coward or wretch.
- coistril obsoleteA mean, paltry fellow; a coward.
- jessie datedSynonym of sissy: a cowardly, effeminate, or homosexual man, a girly man.
- niddering archaicSynonym of nithing (“a coward, a dastard; a wretch”).
- nidering archaic
- niding archaic
- nithing archaicA coward, a dastard; a wretch.
- quakebreech obsoleteA coward.
- quakebuttock obsoleteA coward.
- slag Ireland, UKA coward.
Opposite of coward
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Meaning of coward
- noun A person who lacks courage.
- adjective Cowardly.
- adjective Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.
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