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Synonyms for coward
ˈkaʊ ərdcow·ard

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Wiktionary3.0 / 6 votes

  1. cowardnoun

    Synonyms:
    chicken

  2. cowardadjective

    Cowardly.

    Synonyms:
    chicken

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 12 votes

  1. coward

    Synonyms:
    craven, dastard, recreant, poltroon, renegade

    Antonyms:
    champion, hero, daredevil, desperado

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cowardnoun

    a person who shows fear or timidity

  2. Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Cowardnoun

    English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)

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Dictionary of English Synonymes2.3 / 3 votes

  1. cowardnoun

    Synonyms:
    dastard, poltroon, craven, milksop

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.7 / 3 votes

  1. cowardnoun

    Synonyms:
    craven, dastard, poltroon, milksop, recreant

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 2 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "coward":

    drop, cowardly, loose, baggy, pussy, quitter, cowardice, unconsolidated

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1381pussy
#2158drop
#3605chicken
#5227loose
#19626coward
#21119renegade
#23257craven
#38914cowardly
#43640baggy
#48760cowardice
#63406unconsolidated
#91011quitter
#304122recreant

How to use coward in a sentence?

  1. Vanna Bonta:

    The only truth slander reveals is about the coward implementing it.

  2. Horace Smith:

    Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.

  3. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

    Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave.

  4. Marcus Aurelius:

    Death and pain are not frightening, it’s the fear of pain and death we need to fear. Which is why we praise the poet who wrote, ‘Death is not fearful, but dying like a coward is.’

  5. Octavia E. Butler:

    Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be lied to. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.


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