Definition for Fainthearted:

• Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.

Synonyms for Fainthearted:

• adj.

  •cowardly (adjective)
  • cowardly,
  • lily-livered,
  • softer,
  • Chicken-hearted,
  • no guts,
  • yellow,
  • shrinking,
  • gutless,
  • having the willies,
  • weak-kneed,
  • craven,
  • pigeonhearted,
  • lacking courage,
  • chicken,
  • tremulous,
  • running scared,
  • yellow-bellied,
  • Cowhearted,
  • spineless.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • shaky,
  • rabbity,
  • goose-bumpy,
  • aflutter,
  • have cold feet,
  • in a dither,
  • worried.
  •frightened (adjective)
  • terrified,
  • frightened,
  • startled,
  • intimidated,
  • unnerved,
  • petrified,
  • terror-stricken,
  • alarmed,
  • jittery,
  • anxious,
  • afraid,
  • horrified,
  • chicken-livered,
  • paralyzed,
  • agitated,
  • apprehensive,
  • scared,
  • Harrowed,
  • scared stiff,
  • rattled.
  •timid (adjective)
  • cowed,
  • having cold feet,
  • wimpy,
  • mousy,
  • meek,
  • weak,
  • cowering.
  •timorous (adjective)
  • timorous.
  •unmanly (adjective)
  • un manliest,
  • un-manlier,
  • un-manly,
  • un-manliest,
  • un manly,
  • un manlier.
  •weak (adjective)
  • unmanly.

• n.

  •fainthearted (noun)
  • coward.
  •timorous (noun)
  • irresolute,
  • pusillanimous.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • fearful,
  • timid,
  • unassertive,
  • unassured.
  •n.
  • faint,
  • faint-hearted.

Antonyms for Fainthearted:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    determined, adventurous, stout, courageous, firm, fearless, self-confident, dauntless, stouthearted, daring, stalwart, valiant, mettlesome, adventuresome, undaunted, valorous, spirited, heroic, intrepid, game, hardy, venturesome, resolute, doughty, plucky, greathearted, self-assured, unswerving, dashing, unflinching, gallant, undeterred, assured, venturous, lionhearted, confident, gutsy, audacious, spunky.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    steadfast.

Fainthearted Sentence Examples:

• In the fainthearted way - for the mist was now like cotton - wool - the military and the civilians hunted through the marshes round the cottage, hoping to come across the assassin hiding in a ditch.

• Surely some amongst us are too fainthearted about the truth.

Homophones for Fainthearted:

• five-hundredth, faint-hearted, five hundred.