| Main Entry: | poltroon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chicken |
Synonyms: |
coward, craven, dastard, milksop, varlet, weakling, yellowbelly |
| Main Entry: | chicken |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person afraid to try something |
Synonyms: |
coward, craven, dastard, funk, poltroon, quitter, recreant, scaredy cat, yellow belly |
| 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: | craven |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | timid person |
Synonyms: |
caitiff, chicken*, coward, dastard, fraidy cat, nebbish, poltroon, quitter, recreant, scaredy cat, weakling, wheyface, wimp*, wuss, yellow belly |
| Main Entry: | dastard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coward |
Synonyms: |
cad, chicken, craven, poltroon, poltroon, recreant, sneak, wimp |
| Main Entry: | wretch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | derelict |
Synonyms: |
beggar, bezonian, blackguard, brute, bum, caitiff, cullion, dog, ingrate, knave, liar, libertine, looser, lowlife, miscreant, outcast, pariah, pauper, pilgarlic, poltroon, rake, rapscallion, rascal, renegade, reprobate, rogue, ronion, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, scullion, scum, snake, vagabond, varlet, villain, worm |
| Notes: | retch is to vomit or gag; wretch is a noun for a pitiable person |