Definition for Fainthearted:

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

Synonyms for Fainthearted:

• adj.

  •cowardly (adjective)
  • spineless,
  • chicken,
  • timid,
  • tremulous,
  • gutless,
  • cowardly,
  • craven,
  • lily-livered,
  • fearful,
  • pigeonhearted,
  • weak-kneed,
  • yellow.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • cowardly,
  • rabbity.
  •frightened (adjective)
  • frightened,
  • alarmed,
  • intimidated,
  • chicken-livered,
  • fearful,
  • paralyzed,
  • scared,
  • jittery,
  • afraid,
  • terror-stricken,
  • startled,
  • apprehensive,
  • Harrowed,
  • horrified,
  • terrified,
  • petrified,
  • agitated,
  • rattled,
  • lily-livered,
  • unnerved,
  • weak-kneed,
  • scared stiff,
  • timid,
  • cowardly,
  • anxious.
  •timid (adjective)
  • fearful,
  • afraid,
  • weak,
  • frightened,
  • cowed,
  • lily-livered,
  • cowardly,
  • spineless,
  • mousy,
  • yellow,
  • gutless,
  • intimidated.
  •timorous (adjective)
  • timorous.
  •weak (adjective)
  • unmanly.

• n.

  •fainthearted (noun)
  • cowardly,
  • faint,
  • timid,
  • fearful,
  • coward.
  •timorous (noun)
  • irresolute,
  • pusillanimous.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • feebleminded,
  • irresolute,
  • chickenhearted,
  • nervous,
  • white-livered,
  • indeterminate,
  • feckless,
  • recreant,
  • light,
  • weakling,
  • dark,
  • unmanly,
  • soft,
  • panicky,
  • diffident,
  • mousy,
  • shadowy,
  • Milk-livered,
  • faint,
  • wispy,
  • spiritless,
  • funky,
  • abulic,
  • unsure,
  • sissy,
  • misty,
  • pigeonhearted,
  • frail,
  • cowed,
  • timorous,
  • coward,
  • pliable,
  • unmanned,
  • mousey,
  • Smock-faced,
  • lightheaded,
  • infirm,
  • scary,
  • Funking,
  • pusillanimous,
  • Weak-hearted,
  • milksop,
  • dastard,
  • caitiff,
  • Pigeon-hearted,
  • invertebrate,
  • puny,
  • sissified,
  • corruptible,
  • rabbity,
  • Weak-minded,
  • vague,
  • delicate,
  • easily led,
  • feeble,
  • dismayed,
  • dim,
  • ineffectual,
  • decrepit,
  • swooning,
  • cloudy,
  • weakhearted,
  • ungallant,
  • shy,
  • dejected,
  • weak-willed,
  • faint-hearted,
  • fair,
  • vacillating,
  • indistinct,
  • daunted,
  • weak,
  • poltroon.

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.

Homophones for Fainthearted:

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