| Main Entry: | cold feet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loss of nerve preventing completion of an action |
Synonyms: |
anxiety, apprehension, backing out, chicken heart, doubt, faint heart, fear, fear of carrying out an activity, reservations, second thoughts, timidity, weak knees, white feather, yellow streak |
| Main Entry: | coward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is scared, easily intimidated |
Synonyms: |
alarmist, baby*, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, craven, cur, dastard, deserter, faint-of-heart, faintheart, fraidy-cat, funk, gutless, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, malingerer, mouse, pessimist, poltroon, quitter, rabbit, recreant, scaredy cat, shirk, shirker, skulker, sneak, weakling, white liver, wimp*, yellow belly, yellow* |
Antonyms: |
aggressor, hero |
| Main Entry: | milksop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coward |
Synonyms: |
baby*, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, cry-baby, deserter, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, quitter, scaredy cat, sissy, weakling, wimp, wuss, wussy, yellow, yellow belly |
| Main Entry: | namby-pamby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pansy |
Synonyms: |
baby*, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, coward, cry-baby, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, milksop, momma's boy, pantywaist, quitter, scaredy cat, sissy, weakling, wimp, wuss, wussy, yellow, yellow belly |
| Main Entry: | weakling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has no strength |
Synonyms: |
baby, chicken heart, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, dotard, invertebrate, jellyfish, misfit, pushover, wimp*, yellow belly |
Antonyms: |
strongman |
| Main Entry: | wimp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakling |
Synonyms: |
baby, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, daisy, featherweight, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, loser, milksop, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, puppy, pushover, scaredy-cat, schlemiel, sissy, wuss, wussy, yellow belly |