Synonyms for spineless
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Gutless — cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character
gutless, invertebrate informal, cowardly, craven, timid, weak in the knees, timorous, soft, dastardly, fearful, yellow, boneless UK, faint-hearted, chicken, punk, lily-livered, pusillanimous, nerveless, yellow-bellied, sissy, heartless dated, white-livered dated
3. Wishy-washy
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having no spines, prickles, or thorns.
- adj. 2
Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
- adj. 3
Having no spinal column.
Related words
- Phrases
- spineless eel
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.
- gutless Tom is a gutless, spineless, gormless, underachieving twat.
- thornless There is no such thing as a thornless rose.
By length
- 4 letters
- soft1, punk1
- 5 letters
- timid2, sissy2
- 6 letters
- yellow2, craven2
- 7 letters
- chicken2, fearful2, gutless2, unspiny
- 8 letters
- cowardly3, boneless2, timorous3, unspined
- 9 letters
- heartless2, dastardly3, nerveless, thornless
- 12 letters
- invertebrate4
- 13 letters
- pusillanimous5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timid2 = 2 syllables).