Thesaurus:cowardly

Thesaurus:cowardly

THESAURUS

cowardly

English

Synonyms

• chicken

• chicken-hearted

• cowardly

• dastardly

• fainthearted

• fearful

• hen-hearted

• kiasi (Singlish)

• lily-livered

• mousy

• pusillanimous

• timid

• weak-kneed

• yellow

• yellow-bellied

Various

• shy    [WS]

• timid

• timorous

See also

• Thesaurus:afraid
• Thesaurus:coward
• Thesaurus:cowardice

Further reading

• “862. cowardice” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “cowardly” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.