Synonyms of spineless
71 similar words · 2 opposite words
Another word for spineless is invertebrate. Other synonyms of spineless are chicken-hearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly and unspined. The opposite of spineless is spined.
Synonyms and similar words for spineless
adjectiveHaving no spinal column.
- invertebrateWithout a backbone: without vertebrae.
adjectiveCowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
- gutlessCowardly; lacking courage or morals.
- bonelessLacking strength, courage, or resolve.
- cowardlyShowing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
- backboneless figurativelyCowardly, spineless.
- base
- soft
- bitch-ass derogatory
- caitiffEspecially despicable; cowardly.
- candy-assed Canada, USCowardly; timid; wimpy.
- chickenCowardly.
- chicken-heartedNot brave; lacking courage; cowardly.
- chicken-liveredCowardly.
- chickenshit slang, vulgar
- couragelessDevoid of courage; fearful, cowardly.
- cowardy BritishCowardly.
- cowheartedCowardly.
- cowish
- cravenUnwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
- cravenheartedCowardly.
- cringey
- dastardMeanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly.
- dastardlyIn the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous.
- dickless figuratively, slang
- dough-faced US
- faintheartedFaint of heart; irresolute; fearful.
- fearful
- fraidy US
- gizzardless figuratively
- hen-heartedCowardly; timid.
- kiasiUnwilling to take a risk for fear that something bad or unfavorable will happen; cowardly, overly cautious and...
- lily-livered figurativelyCowardly, lacking courage.
- liver-facedLily-livered; cowardly.
- low-hearted
- milk-liveredCowardly; timorous; lacking bravery.
- mouse-heartedCowardly; timid.
- mousy
- nerveless
- nutless
- pigeon-liveredCowardly.
- poltroonishResembling a poltroon; cowardly.
- poor-spirited
- punkCowardly.
- pusillanimousShowing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity.
- pussylike
- ratlikeResembling or characteristic of a rat, whether physically or (in behavioral terms) cunning, disloyal, or cowardly.
- rabbit-heartedTimid; cowardly.
- recrayed
- retromingent
- sissy derogatory
- timidLacking in courage or confidence.
- timorous
- unheartyNot hearty.
- weak-kneed
- white-hearted
- white-livered
- wimpishCharacteristic of a wimp.
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
- cowardish obsoleteCowardly.
- heartless obsoleteWithout courage; fearful, cowardly.
- invalorous obsoleteLacking valour; cowardly.
- liver-hearted archaicCowardly.
- miching US, dialectalHiding; skulking; cowardly or freeloading.
- milky obsolete
- niddering archaicSynonym of nithing (“cowardly, dastardly; notoriously evil or wicked; infamous”).
- nidering archaic
- niding archaic
- nithing archaicCowardly, dastardly.
Opposite of spineless
Meaning of spineless
- adjective Having no spines, prickles, or thorns.
- adjective Having no spinal column.
- adjective Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
spineless in other languages
Questions about synonyms of spineless
- What is another word for spineless?
- Spineless has 71 synonyms on Word.ws, such as invertebrate, chicken-hearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, unspined, unspiny and mouse-hearted.
- What is the opposite of spineless?
- The opposite of spineless is spined.
- What does spineless mean?
- Spineless means having no spines, prickles, or thorns.
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