Synonyms for sissy
- noun
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pansy
pansy, wussy informal, milquetoast informal, pussy-cat, weakling, nancy pants, namby-pamby, scaredy-cat, chicken, punk, nestle-cock UK, cupcake, cockney, milksop, invertebrate, pantywaist informal, ginch, pushover, wimp slang, nancy vulgar slang UK US AU, softling dated, poofter slang AU
2. Effeminate man
Other
coward, softie, sis, poon, sook, mangina, zenana, tenderling, cry baby, jessie informal dated, posy sniffer slang, cot-quean dated
Adjective
1. Effeminate
effeminate, unmanly, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissyish
Definitions
- n. 1
An effeminate boy or man.
- n. 2
A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
- adj. 1
Effeminate.
Forms
- Plural
- sissies → pansies, wussies, milquetoasts, pussy-cats…
Example sentences
- pansy Adriano was often bullied for being a pansy.
- weakling Adam is a weakling. He couldn't even lift my dog!
- coward I'm such a coward that I rarely visit the dentist.
- sis "Where's your mom, Tom?" "She's out shopping with my sis."
By length
- 3 letters
- sis1
- 4 letters
- punk1, wimp1, poon1, sook
- 5 letters
- nancy2, pansy2, wussy, ginch
- 6 letters
- coward2, jessie2, softie, zenana
- 7 letters
- chicken2, cupcake2, cockney2, unmanly, mangina, poofter, milksop, epicene
- 8 letters
- cowardly3, pushover3, weakling2, softling, sissyish
- 9 letters
- gentleman3, spineless2, sissified
- 10 letters
- effeminate4, emasculate4, pantywaist, tenderling
- 11 letters
- milquetoast
- 12 letters
- invertebrate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nancy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- lopette