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- a military commander who was so poltroon that he surrendered without having fired so much as a single shot
Synonyms for poltroon
- chicken,
- chicken-livered,
- chickenhearted,
- cowardly,
- craven,
- dastardly,
- gutless,
- lily-livered,
- milk-livered
- [archaic],
- pusillanimous,
- recreant,
- spineless,
- unheroic,
- yellow
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- brave,
- courageous,
- daring,
- dauntless,
- doughty,
- fearless,
- gallant,
- greathearted,
- gutsy,
- hardy,
- heroic
- (also heroical),
- intrepid,
- lionhearted,
- stalwart,
- stout,
- stouthearted,
- valiant,
- valorous
poltroon
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of poltroon (Entry 2 of 2)
- those poltroons in the state legislature who have caved in to bigotry on this important issue of basic civil rights
Synonyms for poltroon
Words Related to poltroon
- cream puff,
- milquetoast,
- pushover,
- pussy
- [slang],
- weakling,
- wimp
- ostrich,
- scaramouch
- (or scaramouche)
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“Poltroon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poltroon. Accessed 22 Oct. 2020.
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The first known use of poltroon was circa 1529
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