Synonyms of chicken-livered

chicken-livered

adjective

ˈchi-kən-ˌli-vərd 

as in afraid

having or showing a shameful lack of courage

a chicken-livered newspaper editor who has been afraid to take on the town's powerful business elite

Synonyms & Similar Words

• afraid
• milk-livered
• yellow
• scared
• frightened
• careful
• chicken
• pusillanimous
• unheroic
• cowardly
• craven
• gutless
• spineless
• dastardly
• chickenhearted
• recreant
• fearful
• timid
• lily-livered
• cautious
• weak
• poltroon
• timorous
• diffident
• wary
• feeble
• fainthearted
• bashful
• coy
• shy
• unmanly
• soft

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heroic
• courageous
• brave
• daring
• hardy
• fearless
• intrepid
• gallant
• stout
• valiant
• stalwart
• dauntless
• valorous
• gutsy
• bold
• brazen
• cheeky
• greathearted
• audacious
• heroical
• spirited
• lionhearted
• doughty
• stouthearted
• spunky
• nervy
• plucky
• determined
• resolute