Synonyms of scaredy-cat
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Another word for scaredy-cat is coward. Other synonyms of scaredy-cat are dog.
Synonyms and similar words for scaredy-cat
nounA coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared.
- fraidy catSynonym of scaredy-cat (“coward”).
- scaredy pantsSynonym of scaredy-cat.
- bottler slang
- candy-ass slangA cowardly or timid person; a wimp.
- candy-arse Ireland, UK
- cowardA person who lacks courage.
- chicken slang
- chicken liver slang
- chickenshit
- cocktail UK, slang
- cowardy custard slangA coward; a timid or fearful person.
- cravenA coward.
- dog
- funker
- gutless wonder slangOne who lacks guts or courage; a coward.
- invertebrate informal
- lizard
- milquetoastA person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.
- nancyAn effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
- nidget
- 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.
- pullet slang
- punk
- pussy slang, vulgar
- pussyhole
- quiche-eater
- recreantSomebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward or traitor.
- scaredy cat
- shithouse Ireland, UK
- sissy
- 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 archaic
- coistril obsolete
- 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 archaic
- quakebreech obsoleteA coward.
- quakebuttock obsoleteA coward.
- slag Ireland, UK
Meaning of scaredy-cat
- noun A coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared.
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