English > coward: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who shows fear or timidity. |
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| Narrower | cur | A cowardly and despicable person |
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| dastard | A despicable coward |
| poltroon, craven, recreant | An abject coward |
| quaker, trembler | One who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear |
| shy person, shrinking violet | someone who shrinks from familiarity with others |
| sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast | A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive |
| waverer, vacillator, hesitator, hesitater | One who hesitates (usually out of fear) |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Spanish | cobarde |
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| Catalan | covard |
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| Adjectives | cowardly | lacking courage |
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| Verbs | cow | subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe |
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| cower | show submission or fear |
