Thesaurus:coward
English
Synonyms
- caitiff (archaic)
- coistril (obsolete)
- chicken (slang)
- chicken liver (slang)
- chickenshit (coarse US slang)
- cocktail (UK, slang)
- cowardy custard (slang)
- fraidy cat (childish)
- gutless wonder (slang)
- invertebrate [WS] (informal)
- piece of crap (coarse slang)
- piece of shit (coarse slang)
- pisspants (coarse slang)
- pullet (slang)
- quakebreech (obsolete)
- quakebuttock (obsolete)
- scaredy cat (childish)
- scaredy pants (childish)
- shithouse (coarse UK slang)
- slag (UK, dated, slang)
- sook (slang)
- weak sister (US, idiomatic)
- yellow belly (slang)
- yellow back (slang)
Near synonyms
Hyponyms
Various
Further reading
- “862. Cowardice” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “coward” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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