Synonyms for cowardice
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Noun
1. Timidity
timidity, fear, feer US, fere UK, cowardliness
Other
pusillanimity, poltroonery, cowardness, wimpiness, cowardship dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Lack of courage.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- lack
Forms
- Plural
- cowardices → timidities, fears, cowardlinesses, pusillanimities…
Example sentences
- fear I wrote his name down for fear I should forget it.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| cowardice | rising | |
| fear | rising | |
| timidity | steady | |
| cowardliness | rising | |
| pusillanimity | steady | |
| poltroonery | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fear1, fere, feer
- 8 letters
- timidity4
- 9 letters
- wimpiness3
- 10 letters
- cowardness, cowardship
- 11 letters
- poltroonery
- 12 letters
- cowardliness
- 13 letters
- pusillanimity
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timidity4 = 4 syllables).