Synonyms for milksop
All synonyms
Noun
1. Sissy — an easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person
sissy, pansy, milquetoast informal, pantywaist informal, coward, pussy-cat, pushover, weakling, namby-pamby, poltroon, dastard, nestle-cock UK, wuss slang, wimp slang
Definitions
- n. 1
An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.
Forms
- Plural
- milksops → sissies, pansies, milquetoasts, pantywaists…
Example sentences
- coward I'm such a coward that I rarely visit the dentist.
- sissy You're a bit of a sissy, aren't you?
- pansy Adriano was often bullied for being a pansy.
- sap "What's that for?" "It's for collecting tree sap."
By length
- 3 letters
- sap1
- 4 letters
- wimp1, wuss1
- 5 letters
- sissy2, pansy2
- 6 letters
- coward2, softie
- 7 letters
- dastard, saphead
- 8 letters
- pushover3, weakling2, poltroon
- 10 letters
- pantywaist
- 11 letters
- milquetoast
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sissy2 = 2 syllables).