| Main Entry: | gutless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | timid |
Synonyms: |
abject, chicken*, chicken-hearted, coward, cowardly, craven, faint-hearted, feeble, irresolute, lily-livered, pusillanimous, spineless, submissive, weak, wimpy, yellow*, yellow-bellied |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, courageous, gutsy, resolute |
| 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: | cowardly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
Synonyms: |
afraid, anxious, apprehensive, backward, base, caitiff, chicken-hearted, cowering, cowhearted, craven, dastardly, diffident, dismayed, fainthearted, frightened, gutless, having the willies, jittery, lacking courage, lily-livered, nervous, no guts, panicky, paper tiger, pigeonhearted, pusillanimous, recreant, retiring, running scared, scared, shrinking, shy, soft*, spineless, timid, timorous, weak, weak-kneed, worthless, yellow*, yellow-bellied |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, unafraid, undaunted, unfearful |
| Main Entry: | craven |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak, timid |
Synonyms: |
chicken*, cowardly, dastardly, fearful, gutless, lily-livered, mean-spirited, poltroonish, pusillanimous, scared, timorous, weak-kneed, wimpish, wimpy, wussy, yellow*, yellow-bellied |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, courageous, heroic, strong |
| Main Entry: | fainthearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | timid |
Synonyms: |
afraid, cowardly, cowed, cowering, fearful, frightened, gutless, having cold feet, intimidated, lily-livered, meek, mousy, spineless, unassertive, weak, wimpy, yellow* |
| Main Entry: | impotent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disabled; unable to perform action |
Synonyms: |
barren, crippled, dud, effete, enervated, enfeebled, feeble, forceless, frail, gutless, helpless, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, infecund, infirm, nerveless, paper tiger, paralyzed, powerless, prostrate, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive, weak |
Antonyms: |
able, capable, fertile, potent, productive, strong |
| Main Entry: | powerless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak; unable |
Synonyms: |
blank, chicken*, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, disabled, disenfranchised, etiolated, feeble, frail, gutless, helpless, impotent, incapable, incapacitated, ineffective, ineffectual, inert, infirm, out of gas, paralyzed, passive, prostrate, subject, supine, tied, unarmed, unfit, vulnerable, wimp*, wishy-washy |
Antonyms: |
able, dominant, potent, powerful, strong |
| Main Entry: | spineless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cowardly |
Synonyms: |
amoebalike, faint-hearted, fearful, feeble, forceless, frightened, gutless, impotent, inadequate, ineffective, ineffectual, invertebrate, irresolute, lily-livered, nerveless, pithless, soft, spiritless, squeamish, submissive, timid, vacillating, weak, weak-kneed, weak-willed, yellow*, yellow-bellied |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, strong |
| Main Entry: | yellow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cowardly |
Synonyms: |
chicken*, craven, deceitful, gutless, lily-livered, low, offensive, pusillanimous, sneaking, treacherous, tricky, unethical, unprincipled |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, confident |
| Main Entry: | recreant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cowardly |
Synonyms: |
afraid, apostate, arrant, base, cowering, craven, dastardly, defecting, disloyal, faithless, false, falsehearted, fearful, frightened, gutless, hesitant, low, mean-spirited, perfidious, pigeonhearted, scared, skulking, sneaking, spiritless, timid, timorous, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, unmanly, vile, yellow*, yielding |
Antonyms: |
brave, courageous, loyal |