Definition for Cowardly:

• lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint- hearted; " cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P. B. Shelley

Synonyms for Cowardly:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • fearful.
  •cowardly (adjective)
  • chicken,
  • spineless,
  • yellow,
  • invertebrate.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • apprehensive,
  • scared,
  • frightened,
  • nervous,
  • retiring,
  • jittery,
  • shy,
  • dismayed,
  • lacking courage,
  • no guts,
  • terrified,
  • weak-kneed,
  • phobic,
  • afraid,
  • pigeonhearted,
  • shrinking,
  • diffident,
  • backward,
  • anxious,
  • worthless.
  •frightened (adjective)
  • horrified,
  • agitated,
  • unnerved,
  • Harrowed,
  • chicken-livered,
  • alarmed,
  • intimidated,
  • rattled,
  • petrified,
  • paralyzed,
  • startled.

• adv.

  •fearfully (adverb)
  • timidly,
  • tremulously,
  • fearfully,
  • Alarmedly,
  • apprehensively,
  • faintheartedly,
  • Agitatedly,
  • spinelessly,
  • anxiously.

• n.

  •
  • irresolute,
  • feeble,
  • weak,
  • timorous,
  • soft.
  •
  • shaky.
  •
  • fear.
  •cowardly (noun)
  • cringing,
  • faint,
  • unmanly,
  • dastard,
  • poltroon,
  • pusillanimous,
  • caitiff,
  • poor-spirited,
  • lily-livered,
  • coward,
  • chickenhearted,
  • white-livered,
  • cowering,
  • funky.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • effete.
  •insipid
  • namby-pamby.
  •Other relevant words:
  • guarded,
  • submissive,
  • ability,
  • weakly,
  • wary,
  • pathetically,
  • on edge,
  • avoid,
  • compliant,
  • awful,
  • powerless,
  • subdued,
  • abominably,
  • bashful,
  • feebleminded,
  • effeminate,
  • frightening,
  • goosy,
  • imbecile,
  • cautious,
  • let go,
  • terrible,
  • timorously,
  • horrifically,
  • faintly,
  • leery,
  • hesitant,
  • cower,
  • scamp,
  • monkey,
  • daunted,
  • sapless,
  • alarming,
  • floppy,
  • facile,
  • quail,
  • tame,
  • trepidant,
  • appallingly,
  • evil,
  • monstrous,
  • scary,
  • run away,
  • cowed,
  • contemptible,
  • flabby,
  • frightful,
  • faculty,
  • awesome,
  • trembling,
  • fearsome,
  • unwilling,
  • languorous,
  • squeamish,
  • scarily,
  • cad,
  • unstrung,
  • despicable,
  • skittish,
  • sissified,
  • knave,
  • low,
  • talent,
  • ineffective,
  • undignified,
  • modest,
  • selfish,
  • infirm,
  • capacity,
  • limber,
  • pusillanimously,
  • etiolated,
  • terror,
  • spiritless,
  • dull,
  • scoundrel,
  • abulic,
  • limp,
  • Fearing,
  • Vitelline,
  • trigger-happy,
  • slink,
  • Sinewless,
  • vile,
  • atrocious,
  • weak-willed,
  • edgy,
  • asthenic,
  • Weak-minded,
  • mean,
  • suspicious,
  • Pooped,
  • rascal,
  • horrific,
  • Direly,
  • Feeble-minded,
  • sissy,
  • unhardened,
  • wet,
  • worried,
  • Effet,
  • diffidence,
  • panic-stricken,
  • jumpy,
  • imp,
  • debilitated,
  • recreantly,
  • listless,
  • distrustful,
  • dreaded,
  • languid,
  • mild,
  • inept,
  • rapscallion,
  • Dough-faced,
  • dreadful,
  • ignoble,
  • weakling,
  • under thumb,
  • incompetent,
  • impotent,
  • feckless,
  • skittery,
  • pliant,
  • frail,
  • meek,
  • Pithless,
  • dire,
  • badly,
  • timidity,
  • chary,
  • Milk-livered,
  • drooping,
  • turn tail,
  • trepid,
  • Startlish,
  • sheepishly,
  • tractable,
  • anaemic,
  • rabbity,
  • rogue,
  • skittishly,
  • shyness,
  • droopy,
  • suppressed,
  • easy going,
  • Lustless,
  • dexterity,
  • hand,
  • power,
  • cravenly,
  • flinch,
  • flaccid,
  • horrendous,
  • sneak,
  • Strengthless,
  • pliable,
  • Funking,
  • set free,
  • bad,
  • coy,
  • Marrowless,
  • filthy,
  • gone,
  • blackguard,
  • anemic,
  • blushing,
  • wishy-washy,
  • ungallant,
  • ineffectual,
  • foolish,
  • terribly,
  • under control,
  • uncourageous,
  • humanly,
  • Faintish,
  • shivery,
  • mousy,
  • bloodless,
  • skulk,
  • white feather,
  • slack,
  • rubbery,
  • unmanned,
  • poorly,
  • weakhearted,
  • show.

Paraphrases for Cowardly:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    dastardly.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    chicken, LAF, loose, unconsolidated, yellow, ignoble.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    cowardice, timid, despicable, vile, faint-hearted, contemptible, drop.

Antonyms for Cowardly:

• adj.

  • all
    brave.
  • fearful
    daring, brave, courageous, bold, unafraid, Unfearful, undaunted, dauntless.
  • Other antonyms:
    lionhearted, cheeky, plucky, brazen, resolute, determined, nervy.

Homophones for Cowardly:

• courtelle, cartwheel, crottal, crude oil, creedal, cradle, cordially, cartel, chordal, checkered lily, crudely, credal, crottle, crotal, courtly, chortle, curtail, curdle, cordial, Cordell Hull, curtal, curtly.