What is another word for spineless?
145 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ flˈɪkəɹɪ], [ flˈɪkəɹɪ], [ f_l_ˈɪ_k_ə_ɹ_ɪ], [ spˈa͡ɪnləs], [ spˈaɪnləs], [ s_p_ˈaɪ_n_l_ə_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for spineless:- all (adjective)
- cowardly (adjective)
- fainthearted (adjective)
- fawning (adjective)
- fearful (adjective)
- gutless (adjective)
- soft (adjective)
- timid (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- weak-minded (adjective)
- weak-willed (adjective)
- flexible (noun)
- other synonyms
Definition for Spineless:
- Having no spine, invertebrate; ( fig.) limp, weak, having no backbone; ( of fish) having no fin-spines.
Synonyms for Spineless:
adj.
•all (adjective) •cowardly (adjective)- ineffectual,
- spiritless,
- cowardly,
- yellow,
- shrinking,
- vacillating,
- submissive,
- ineffective,
- tremulous,
- Cowhearted,
- craven,
- frightened,
- Chicken-hearted,
- impotent,
- no guts,
- chicken,
- chickenhearted,
- yellow-bellied,
- lily-livered,
- irresolute,
- lacking courage,
- amoebalike,
- Pithless,
- having the willies,
- weak,
- weak-kneed,
- pigeonhearted,
- squeamish,
- running scared,
- inadequate.
- more cowed,
- co-wed,
- co wed,
- wimpier,
- un assertive,
- having cold feet,
- un-assertive,
- most unassertive,
- most cowed,
- more unassertive,
- wimpiest.
- more bootlicking,
- most scraping,
- fawning,
- more sniveling,
- most brownnosing,
- sub-missive,
- more sycophant,
- most sycophantic,
- more sycophantic,
- more kowtowing,
- most kowtowing,
- most sniveling,
- most sycophant,
- more brownnosing,
- most adulatory,
- most bootlicking,
- sub missive,
- mealy mouthed,
- most bowing,
- more scraping,
- more adulatory,
- more bowing.
- more coward,
- most faint-hearted,
- most faint hearted,
- most coward,
- faint hearted,
- more faint hearted,
- more faint-hearted.
- more badgered,
- unnerved,
- more bullied,
- most unnerved,
- more daunted,
- more unassured,
- more browbeaten,
- most bullied,
- un-nerved,
- most badgered,
- most trembling,
- more unnerved,
- de mure,
- un assured,
- most daunted,
- most browbeaten,
- more trembling,
- un nerved,
- most unassured,
- un-assured,
- de-mure.
n.
•flexible (noun)Other synonyms:
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- lame duck.
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- susceptible.
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Antonyms for Spineless:
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adj.
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all
spinous.
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Other antonyms:
determined, good, resolute, moral, cheeky, hardy, audacious, virtuous, nervy, plucky, gallant, unrelenting, hard, ethical, greathearted, righteous, right, lionhearted, spiny, armed, Backboned, dauntless, brazen, valorous, fearless, mettlesome, spunky, valiant, firm, daring, heroic, tough, upright, stout, stouthearted, gutsy, spirited, stalwart, intrepid, doughty, principled.
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all
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Other antonyms:
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n.
vertebrate.
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n.
Spineless Sentence Examples:
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This is a spineless species, and bears a profusion of yellow flowers from July onwards.
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If she reached out her hands to take Annabel, her fingers seemed, of themselves, to curve into the places where they would fit the spineless bundle and give it support.
