Definition for Poltroon:

• A coward.

Synonyms for Poltroon:

• n.

  •
  • funk,
  • fear.
  •chicken (noun)
  • recreant,
  • quitter.
  •coward (noun)
  • shirk,
  • pessimist,
  • malingerer,
  • gutless,
  • deserter,
  • yellow*,
  • cur,
  • sneak,
  • mouse,
  • baby*,
  • chicken*,
  • rabbit,
  • wimp*,
  • caitiff,
  • alarmist.
  •cowardly (noun)
  • cowardly.
  •craven (noun)
  • nebbish.
  •dastard (noun)
  • cad.
  •fearful (noun)
  • fearful.
  •wretch (noun)
  • scalawag,
  • rogue,
  • scullions,
  • bum,
  • villain,
  • brute,
  • pauper,
  • beggar,
  • snake,
  • worm,
  • scamp,
  • scum,
  • Ronion,
  • liar,
  • outcast,
  • miscreant,
  • lowlife,
  • rake,
  • scapegrace,
  • cullions,
  • scoundrel,
  • knave,
  • pariah,
  • Bezonian,
  • libertine,
  • rapscallion,
  • rascal,
  • blackguard,
  • WORMS,
  • vagabond,
  • dog,
  • Pilgarlic,
  • loosers,
  • ingrate,
  • lowlifes,
  • reprobate,
  • looser.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • yellow-belly.
  •Other relevant words:
  • afraid,
  • scullion,
  • scary,
  • apprehensive,
  • arrant coward,
  • infamous,
  • rebel,
  • Cullion,
  • Coistril,
  • pantywaist,
  • mollycoddle,
  • dingo,
  • chinless wonder,
  • spineless,
  • milquetoast,
  • dastardly,
  • cry-baby,
  • unmanly,
  • varlet,
  • despicable,
  • sorry,
  • disgusting,
  • Nidget,
  • spiritless,
  • vile,
  • bad,
  • scaramouche,
  • sordid,
  • ratter,
  • furtive,
  • evil,
  • filthy,
  • revolting,
  • renegade,
  • pervert,
  • turncoat,
  • yellowbelly,
  • scaramouch,
  • nasty,
  • offensive,
  • runaway,
  • traitor,
  • namby-pamby,
  • fainthearted,
  • timid,
  • slink,
  • dancer,
  • base,
  • sissy,
  • nancy,
  • sheep,
  • cissy,
  • contemptible,
  • timorous,
  • fugitive,
  • yellow,
  • Milk-livered,
  • Poltroonish,
  • sneaky,
  • pansy,
  • anxious,
  • dunghill,
  • unheroic,
  • apostate,
  • mama's boy,
  • milksop,
  • chickenhearted,
  • defector,
  • abject,
  • lily-livered,
  • pusillanimous,
  • baby,
  • chicken-livered.

Antonyms for Poltroon:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    lionhearted, determined, resolute, audacious, nervy, cheeky, intrepid, brazen, spirited, heroic, fearless, spunky, plucky.

Poltroon Sentence Examples:

• Tom Briggs, his cowardly brother, is speedily reduced to a whimpering poltroon.

• What am I but a poltroon, unworthy to lace the shoes of the great leaders of my land?