Antonyms for cowardice
ˈkaʊ ər dɪscow·ardice

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.3 / 4 votes

1. cowardicenoun

   Synonyms:
   cowardliness

2. cowardicenoun

   Lack of courage.

   Synonyms:
   cowardliness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. cowardice

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

   Synonyms:
   cowardliness, effeminacy, fear, pusillanimity, timidity

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1. • Spirit

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:3.6 / 5 votes

1. cowardice, cowardlinessnoun

   the trait of lacking courage

   Antonyms:
   braveness, courage, courageousness, bravery

   Synonyms:
   cowardliness

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cowardicenoun

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

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1. screamed

   Submitted by anonymous on December 22, 2019  

How to use cowardice in a sentence?

1. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   Cowardice asks the question - is it safe? Expediency asks the question - is it politic? Vanity asks the question - is it popular? But conscience asks the question - is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right.

2. Ken McClendon:

   What we do know is that out of cowardice, a young man grabbed my daughter and put himself between the bullet and his life.

3. Eric Schmitt:

   The RINO feeds on corruption and is marked by the stripes of cowardice.

4. Hosea Ballou:

   Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

5. Jeremy Hunt:

   On the question of debates, he is being a coward, it is cowardice not to appear in head-to-head debates.

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