chicken

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of CHICKEN

a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger <a staunch hawk during the drumbeat for war, he proved to be a chicken when it came to actually fighting it>

Synonyms chicken, craven, cur, dastard, funk, poltroon, recreant, sissy

Related Words defeatist, quitter; cream puff, milquetoast, pushover, pussy [slang], weakling, wimp; caitiff, snake, sneak; ostrich, scaramouch (or scaramouche)

Near Antonyms daredevil

Antonyms hero, stalwart, valiant

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