Synonyms for cowardice
ˈkaʊ ər dɪscow·ardice

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1. cowardicenoun

   Synonyms:
   cowardliness

2. cowardicenoun

   Lack of courage.

   Synonyms:
   cowardliness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. cowardice

   Synonyms:
   cowardliness, effeminacy, fear, pusillanimity, timidity

   Antonyms:
   bravery, courage, gallantry, heroism, intrepidity, prowess, valor

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:3.6 / 5 votes

1. cowardice, cowardlinessnoun

   the trait of lacking courage

   Synonyms:
   cowardliness

   Antonyms:
   braveness, courage, courageousness, bravery

Matched Categories

1. • Spirit

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cowardicenoun

   Synonyms:
   pusillanimity, poltroonery, timidity, fear, cowardliness, the white feather

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1. cowardicenoun

   Synonyms:
   pusillanimity, poltroonery, dastardy, recreancy, timidity, cowardliness

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1. List of paraphrases for "cowardice":

   cowardly, coward

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1. William Punshon:

   Cowardice asks Is it safe Expediency asks Is it politic But Conscience asks Is it right

2. Ben Sasse:

   The President made the morally indefensible decision to leave Americans behind. Dishonor was the President’s choice. May history never forget this cowardice.

3. Andrew Meehan:

   This display of hate and cowardice does not represent the dedicated hardworking men and women of the Department of Homeland Security, it has no place in an organization that works tirelessly to protect the American people and combat hate in all its forms. The situation was immediately referred to the Office of the Inspector General and is currently being investigating to ensure that swift and corrective action is taken.

4. Pietro Aretino:

   A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.

5. Irving Wallace:

   To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.