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Synonyms for yellow-bellied

  • adjective

Most common

yellow chicken chicken-hearted lily-livered cowardly uncourageous

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Chicken

chicken, yellow, chicken-hearted, lily-livered, fearful, white-livered dated

2. Cowardly — uncourageous, cowardly

cowardly, uncourageous, spineless

Antonyms

lion-hearted, doughty, valiant

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Uncourageous, cowardly.

  2. adj. 2

    Of an animal; having a yellow underside or belly.

Related words

Phrases
yellow-bellied sapsucker yellow-bellied slider yellow-bellied fairy-fantail yellow-bellied fantail

Example sentences

  • yellow The big, yellow bus came hurtling down the street.
  • chicken A nice roast chicken is one of my favorite dishes.
  • cowardly Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!

By length

6 letters
yellow2
7 letters
chicken2, fearful2
8 letters
cowardly3
9 letters
spineless2
12 letters
uncourageous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (yellow2 = 2 syllables).