CHICKENS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

chickens

noun

plural of chicken

as in cowards

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

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Recent Examples of chickens But Meghan’s famous rescue chickens have remained behind in Montecito, Sykes said on his YouTube Channel, citing a report in The Telegraph. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026 Cullen spent some of his childhood working on a farm, telling NPR in 2014 his earliest vocal lessons came from imitating the chickens, cows and dogs that littered the farmland. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 The town Facebook group, once a clearinghouse for reports of loose chickens and missing Amazon packages, is periodically littered with comments about Trump and immigration. — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 The chickens are part of the county’s early-warning system for such illnesses. — Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026 On a 2-acre property in Mississippi, 52-year-old Krystal Polk's family lived off the land for generations, raising chickens and pigs, growing onions and herbs and trading their peaches for pears. — Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Pigs grunt and chickens squawk in the mist, laundry is hung out on the line, and air conditioning is non-existent. — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Animals including other pigs, cats, goats, horses, chickens, and donkeys will be his neighbors. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026 Its lush grounds were home to rabbits, chickens, and other small barnyard animals. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026

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cowards

Noun

To me, the most notable change — outside of Robert not getting fully naked, you cowards — is that the meltdown is witnessed by much more of the senior class.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
In reality, the refs just do the bidding of the cowards behind the curtain.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 14 July 2026