Synonyms for gutless
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Spineless — cowardly; lacking courage or morals
spineless, cowardly, craven, timid, soft, dastardly, punk, yellow, chicken, boneless UK, lily-livered, pusillanimous, nerveless, poltroonish, fearful, faint-hearted, heartless dated, white-livered dated
2. Wishy-washy
Definitions
- adj. 1
Cowardly; lacking courage or morals.
- adj. 2
Without a gut.
Related words
- Phrases
- gutless wonder
Example sentences
- cowardly Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
- timid She seems oddly shy and timid for a press officer.
- craven The president is too craven to tackle this problem.
- spineless Tom is a gutless, spineless, gormless, underachieving twat.
By length
- 4 letters
- soft1, punk1
- 5 letters
- timid2
- 6 letters
- yellow2, craven2
- 7 letters
- chicken2, fearful2
- 8 letters
- cowardly3, boneless2
- 9 letters
- heartless2, spineless2, dastardly3, nerveless
- 11 letters
- poltroonish
- 13 letters
- pusillanimous5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timid2 = 2 syllables).