coward
coward
nounDefinition of COWARD
a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger <the soldiers who ran as soon as the first shots were fired were branded as cowards>
Related Words defeatist, quitter; cream puff, milquetoast, pushover, pussy [slang], weakling, wimp; caitiff, snake, sneak; ostrich, scaramouch (or scaramouche)
Near Antonyms daredevil
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