Synonyms of nebbish

nebbish

noun

as in coward

Related Words

• coward
• milquetoast
• wuss
• mouse
• pussy
• weakling
• reed
• doormat
• jellyfish
• wimp
• nervous Nellie
• sheep
• namby-pamby
• pushover

Dissimilar Words

• stalwart
• mensch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nebbish

At the film’s Cipriani afterparty, the New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan compared the Babygirl effect to what Challengers did for Josh O’Connor, who’d previously played nice guys and nebbishes. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024

Is the algorithm going to make the out-of-shape nebbish standup an endangered species? — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023

Playing a harried but devoted father is a new look for the actor who is frequently typecast as an unlikeable nebbish. — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022

Sievert plays Seymour, the lovestruck florist-shop nebbish who unexpectedly becomes the caretaker of a carnivorous and increasingly hungry hunk of vegetation. — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2021

For better or worse Eddie remains an antic nebbish, while Venom huffs and puffs with unquenchable indignation at the sorry state of the human world. — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021

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