Synonyms of chickens

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cowards
• cravens
• poltroons
• snakes
• sissies
• curs
• dastards
• funks
• cream puffs
• recreants
• defeatists
• pussies
• ostriches
• weaklings
• quitters
• sneaks
• caitiffs
• wimps
• milquetoasts
• pushovers
• scaramouches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heroes
• stalwarts
• valiants
• daredevils

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chickens

Marvin realized that the options are running low because, at some point, these chickens got to come home to roost. — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026

Isaac Beard spent nearly a decade studying Nashville’s varied hot chickens and developing his own formula before opening Pepperfire in 2010. — Ellen Fort, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026

Carly Stroman said the dogs came into her yard last year and killed chickens. — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Next door at CedarCreek Estate Winery, the Block 5 chardonnay and Block 4 pinot noir have their own cult following, assisted by highland cows that fertilize and stomp the vineyard soil, and a flock of free range chickens that eat the small pests. — Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026

In addition to the chickens, Frank flushed his shoes down one of the toilets, Dennis and Dee kept blowing fuses with the scheme’s need for a power-sucking vacuum sealer, and the basement was choked with carbon monoxide. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026

There were chickens, cows and goats to tend to, fences to mend, hay to haul. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026

In the United States alone, at least 174 million chickens have been killed. — Todd Symons, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Fishermen, when not fired on or arrested by the Israeli navy, landed sardines, tuna, and other Mediterranean delicacies, and farmers continued an eight-thousand-year tradition of tending olive trees and raising sheep, goats, and chickens. — Helen Epstein, The New York Review of Books, 22 July 2026