Synonyms for chicken
ˈtʃɪk ənchick·en

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1. chickennoun

   To avoid as a result of fear.

   Synonyms:
   spring chicken, cock, chook, hen, rooster

2. chickennoun

   To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.

   Synonyms:
   spring chicken, hen, chook, cock, rooster

3. chickennoun

   A coward.

   Synonyms:
   hen, chook, cock, rooster, spring chicken

4. chickennoun

   A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair. Cf. chickenhawk

   Synonyms:
   hen, rooster, cock, spring chicken, chook

5. chickennoun

   A young or inexperienced person.

   Synonyms:
   cock, hen, chook, spring chicken, rooster

6. chickennoun

   A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the loser.

   Synonyms:
   rooster, spring chicken, hen, cock, chook

7. chickennoun

   The game of dare.

   Synonyms:
   spring chicken, hen, cock, chook, rooster

8. chickennoun

   Synonyms:
   twink

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1. chicken, poulet, volaillenoun

   the flesh of a chicken used for food

   Synonyms:
   volaille, crybaby, wimp, poulet

   Antonyms:
   courageous, brave

2. chicken, Gallus gallusnoun

   a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

   Synonyms:
   volaille, red jungle fowl, crybaby, wimp, poulet

   Antonyms:
   courageous, brave

3. wimp, chicken, crybabynoun

   a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

   Synonyms:
   weakly interacting massive particle, poulet, bellyacher, wimp, sniveller, volaille, squawker, complainer, whiner, crybaby, moaner, grumbler

   Antonyms:
   courageous, brave

4. chickenadjective

   a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

   Synonyms:
   volaille, crybaby, wimp, poulet

   Antonyms:
   courageous, brave

5. chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-belliedadjective

   easily frightened

   Synonyms:
   jaundiced, yellow-bellied, icteric, scandalmongering, yellow, white-livered, yellowed, xanthous, yellowish, lily-livered, yellow(a), chickenhearted, sensationalistic

   Antonyms:
   courageous, brave

Matched Categories

1. • Domestic Fowl
   • Poultry

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chickennoun

   Synonyms:
   fowl, hen, rooster, pullet, poult, capon

2. chickennoun

   Synonyms:
   poultry, brood

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "chicken":

   pollo, chickens, poultry, hen, chick, fowl, rooster, sissy, broiler, wuss

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1. Peter Gleick:

   There has to be a strategy for getting these big water users to set and meet targets for improving their water use, i bet that we could produce more chicken per gallon if we wanted to.

2. Ina Garten:

   Lemon, garlic, onions up the chicken, thyme, salt and pepper, all that, you scatter onions around the chicken, but you pack them in really tight into the tray. And then you roast them really high for about an hour and 20 minutes and they're done and they're perfect.

3. Ting Lu:

   People could turn to less expensive meat alternatives, such as chicken. Consumption for beef and mutton could also increase as winter comes.

4. Kara Nielsen:

   There had always been fried chicken sandwiches.

5. Tiger Woods:

   We had exactly the same. We had steak and chicken pieces, sushi and sashimi, we had cupcakes and milkshakes for dessert. So it was exactly what I was going to serve. As I said, Masters Dinner quarantine style with my family.