coward

coward

noun

Definition 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>

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