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recreant
Synonyms and Antonyms of recreant
- the victors had only contempt for the recreant enemy soldiers who surrendered without firing a shot
chicken, chicken-livered, chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, pusillanimous, spineless, unheroic, yellow
brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous
- recreant campaign workers who walked out as soon as their candidate began dropping in the polls
recreant
Synonyms and Antonyms of recreant
- traditionally armies have dealt harshly with recreants, with execution being a common punishment for desertion during wartime
- the historian reserved his greatest contempt for those recreants who opposed the witch hunt but lacked the courage to speak out against it
cream puff, milquetoast, pushover, pussy [slang], weakling, wimp
ostrich, scaramouch (or scaramouche)
- a spy and recreant to his country
accommodationist, collaborationist, collaborator, sellout, subversive, subverter
coconspirator, conspirator, intriguer, plotter, schemer
blabbermouth, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, informant, informer, rat, rumormonger, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stool pigeon, talebearer, talker, tattler, tattletale, telltale
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