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. Paul Fischbeck:

   Eating lettuce is over three times worse in greenhouse gas emissions than eating bacon, lots of common vegetables require more resources per calorie than you would think. Eggplant, celery and cucumbers look particularly bad when compared to pork or chicken.

2. Jennifer Bosse:

   I've made some dishes that my boys absolutely loved and others that weren't as successful, it's an ongoing process. ... Some days, I hit a home run. Other days, I have to pull out the chicken nuggets. As with everything else in life, moderation is key.

3. Arnold Glasow:

   The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.

4. Ralph Nader:

   The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.

5. Tereza Cristina:

   We are going to sell our protein at $2,000 a ton, be it chicken, beef or pork, it will certainly reduce our soy exports, but we will add value.