Synonyms for cowardly
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Craven
craven, timid, dastardly, fearful, coward, unmanly, spineless, timorous, gutless informal, yellow, afraid, yellow-bellied informal, faint-hearted, chicken informal, poor-spirited, diffident, chicken-hearted, faint, mousy, sissy, pusillanimous, soft
Other
weak in the knees, kiasi informal, quakebreech dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
Example sentences
- fearful “People are very fearful of the virus,” he added.
- timid She seems oddly shy and timid for a press officer.
- craven The president is too craven to tackle this problem.
- dastardly These dastardly acts will not go unpunished.
By length
- 4 letters
- soft1
- 5 letters
- faint1, timid2, sissy2, mousy2, kiasi
- 6 letters
- yellow2, afraid2, coward2, craven2
- 7 letters
- chicken2, fearful2, gutless2, unmanly
- 8 letters
- timorous3
- 9 letters
- spineless2, dastardly3, diffident
- 11 letters
- quakebreech
- 13 letters
- pusillanimous5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timid2 = 2 syllables).