Thesaurus:cowardice

Thesaurus

cowardice

English

Noun

Sense: quality of being cowardly

Synonyms

• cowardice
• fearfulness
• pusillanimity
• cowardliness
• poltroonery
• chicken-heartedness
• hen-heartedness

Antonyms

• courage    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• lack    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:coward
• Thesaurus:cowardly
• Thesaurus:afraid
• Thesaurus:shy

Further reading

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