Thesaurus:milksop

Thesaurus

milksop

English

Noun

Sense: a weak, timid and unassertive person

Synonyms

Note: Usually derogatory.

• big girl's blouse (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand)
• candy-arse (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand)
• candy-ass (slang, US & Canada)
• milksop
• milquetoast
• namby
• namby-pamby
• nestle-cock (UK dialect)
• pansy
• pantywaist
• poon
• pushover
• pussy (vulgar, slang, chiefly US & Canada)
• sissy
• softy
• tenderling (archaic)
• weakling (figuratively)
• weenie (slang)
• wimp (slang)
• wuss (slang)
• wussy

Antonyms

• daredevil
• dogmatist
• firebrand
• hypermasculine man    [⇒ thesaurus]
• shrew    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spitfire
• troublemaker    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• faint of heart

Various

• mama's boy (derogatory)
• mollycoddle

See also

• Thesaurus:coward
• Thesaurus:pamper
• Thesaurus:effeminate man

Further reading

• “160. weakness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “862. cowardice” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “milksop” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.