as in coward
a person without strength of character
a jellyfish who was afraid to tell her boss that her latest brainstorm was just plain bad
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of jellyfish
Researchers discovered that the light/dark cycle and the need to maintain stable conditions regulate sleep in jellyfish, whereas the circadian clock and internal timings primarily regulate sleep in sea anemones.
—
Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
Upside-down jellyfish pulse beneath my kayak, and mangrove roots stitch land together, holding the island in place.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Sea turtles and other marine animals often confuse burst balloons floating in the water for jellyfish.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Further analysis of museum specimens’ stomach contents confirmed that seven-arm octopus feeds on jellyfish and other gelatinous animals.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jellyfish
Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
Upside-down jellyfish pulse beneath my kayak, and mangrove roots stitch land together, holding the island in place.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Sea turtles and other marine animals often confuse burst balloons floating in the water for jellyfish.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Further analysis of museum specimens’ stomach contents confirmed that seven-arm octopus feeds on jellyfish and other gelatinous animals.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jellyfish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jellyfish
Noun
-
He and the cowards of Congress should be held accountable in the next election cycle.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2026
-
Tim Walz and Jacob Frey are cowards who are inciting violence to distract from their own failures.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
Even before the expedition reached land, Islanders had gone out to the ships, paddling canoes or reed bundles, or just swimming, unafraid and unarmed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
-
One ‘ewaa is thatched with tule reed and the others have been made using broom baccharis, which grows on site, Cohen said.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
The research suggests that the cat-and-mouse game of cybersecurity is no longer constrained by cost.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
-
Here, the researchers transplanted three types of human tumor – lung, prostate and colon – into mouse models of AD.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
However, one quick look at what companies like Boston Dynamics has achieved with robots like the rather creepy dog-like ‘Spot,’ who herds sheep in New Zealand, and the possibilities seem endless.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
-
From the late nineteenth century to the nineteen-fifties, the island functioned, in effect, as a company state where, as Pitts observes, the sheep got better treatment than the people, with the pastures as well watered as a golf course.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Jellyfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jellyfish. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
