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Synonyms & Antonyms of chicken
(Entry 1 of 2)
- a staunch hawk during the drumbeat for war, he proved to be a chicken when it came to actually fighting it
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- cream puff,
- milquetoast,
- pushover,
- pussy
- [slang],
- weakling,
- wimp
- ostrich,
- scaramouch
- (or scaramouche)
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adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of chicken (Entry 2 of 2)
- too chicken to go through with the stunt
Synonyms for chicken
- chicken-livered,
- chickenhearted,
- cowardly,
- craven,
- dastardly,
- gutless,
- lily-livered,
- milk-livered
- [archaic],
- poltroon,
- pusillanimous,
- recreant,
- spineless,
- unheroic,
- yellow
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Antonyms for chicken
- brave,
- courageous,
- daring,
- dauntless,
- doughty,
- fearless,
- gallant,
- greathearted,
- gutsy,
- hardy,
- heroic
- (also heroical),
- intrepid,
- lionhearted,
- stalwart,
- stout,
- stouthearted,
- valiant,
- valorous
- just concentrate on the important duties of the job and forget about the chicken stuff
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“Chicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicken. Accessed 28 Oct. 2021.
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