coward as a noun: - 1
Coward - 2
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coward
noun
1 coward
A person who shows fear or timidity.
Roget 862:
cowardice,
pusillanimity;
cowardliness
etc.
adj.;
timidity,
effeminacy.
poltroonery,
baseness;
dastardness†,
dastardy†;
abject fear,
funk;
Dutch courage;
fear
etc.
860;
white feather,
faint heart;
cold feet [U.S.],
yellow streak [Slang].
coward,
poltroon,
dastard,
sneak,
recreant;
shy cock,
dunghill cock;
coistril†,
milksop,
white liver,
lily liver,
nidget†,
one that cannot say 'boo' to a goose;
slink;
Bob Acres,
Jerry Sneak.
alarmist,
terrorist†,
pessimist;
runagate
etc.
(fugitive)
623.
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Dutch: lafaard
Polish: cykor, tchórz
2 Coward
adjective
Roget 862:
coward,
cowardly;
fearful,
shy;
timid,
timorous;
skittish;
poor-spirited,
spiritless,
soft,
effeminate.
weak-minded;
infirm of purpose
etc.
605;
weak-hearted,
fainthearted,
chickenhearted,
henhearted†,
lilyhearted,
pigeon-hearted;
white-livered†,
lily-livered,
milk-livered†;
milksop,
smock-faced;
unable to say 'boo' to a goose.
dastard,
dastardly;
base,
craven,
sneaking,
dunghill,
recreant;
unwarlike,
unsoldier-like.
in face a lion but in heart a deer. "
unmanned;
frightened
etc.
860.
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Moby thesaurus: Milquetoast, Scaramouch, baby, big baby, caitiff, chicken, chicken liver, craven, dastard, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker, gutless, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, lily-livered, milksop, mouse, poltroon, poltroonish, pusillanimous, quitter, recreant, scaredy-cat, sissy, spunkless, unmanly, weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver ... show more.
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