"To tell you the truth, I am scared of heights." "You are a coward!"
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Coward
//ˈkaʊɚd//
Synonyms for "coward" (121 found)
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Noun(12 words)
Related words (60)
Noun(30 words)
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226 translations across 95 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- lafaard noun (a person who lacks courage)
- papbroek noun (a person who lacks courage)
Albanian
1 entries- frikacak noun (a person who lacks courage)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δειλή noun (a person who lacks courage)
- δειλός noun (a person who lacks courage)
Arabic
1 entries- جَبَان noun (a person who lacks courage)
Armenian
2 entries- ղզիկ noun (a person who lacks courage)
- վախկոտ noun (a person who lacks courage)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qorxaq noun (a person who lacks courage)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡурҡаҡ noun (a person who lacks courage)
Basque
1 entries- koldar noun (a person who lacks courage)
Belarusian
4 entries- баязлі́вец noun (a person who lacks courage)
- баязлі́ўка noun (a person who lacks courage)
- палахлі́вец noun (a person who lacks courage)
- палахлі́ўка noun (a person who lacks courage)
Bulgarian
2 entries- страхли́вец noun (a person who lacks courage)
- страхли́вка noun (a person who lacks courage)
Catalan
1 entries- covard noun (a person who lacks courage)
Cebuano
1 entries- talawan noun (a person who lacks courage)
Chakma
1 entries- 𑄛𑄘𑄢 noun (a person who lacks courage)
Chamicuro
1 entries- s̈hamle'c̈homa noun (a person who lacks courage)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 孬種 /孬种 noun (a person who lacks courage)
- 孱頭 /孱头 noun (a person who lacks courage)
- 懦夫 noun (a person who lacks courage)
- 膽小鬼 /胆小鬼 noun (a person who lacks courage)
Chukchi
1 entries- айыԓгыԓьын noun (a person who lacks courage)
Czech
4 entries- bázlivec noun (a person who lacks courage)
- posera noun (a person who lacks courage)
- zbabělec noun (a person who lacks courage)
- zbabělkyně noun (a person who lacks courage)
Danish
3 entries- bangebuks noun (a person who lacks courage)
- kryster noun (a person who lacks courage)
- kujon noun (a person who lacks courage)
Dutch
3 entries- lafaard noun (a person who lacks courage)
- slapjanus noun (a person who lacks courage)
- watje noun (a person who lacks courage)
Erzya
1 entries- тандаль noun (a person who lacks courage)
Esperanto
4 entries- malkuraĝulo noun (a person who lacks courage)
- poltrono noun (a person who lacks courage)
- timemulo noun (a person who lacks courage)
- timulo noun (a person who lacks courage)
Estonian
1 entries- argpüks noun (a person who lacks courage)
Faroese
4 entries- bloyta noun (a person who lacks courage)
- bløka noun (a person who lacks courage)
- rædduskítur noun (a person who lacks courage)
- ræðuskítur noun (a person who lacks courage)
Finnish
1 entries- pelkuri noun (a person who lacks courage)
French
4 entries- couard noun (a person who lacks courage)
- couarde noun (a person who lacks courage)
- froussard noun (a person who lacks courage)
- froussarde noun (a person who lacks courage)
Galician
2 entries- cagainas noun (a person who lacks courage)
- covarde noun (a person who lacks courage)
Georgian
4 entries- ლაჩარი noun (a person who lacks courage)
- მშიშარა noun (a person who lacks courage)
- მხდალი noun (a person who lacks courage)
- ქვეშაჯვია noun (a person who lacks courage)
German
4 entries- Angsthase noun (a person who lacks courage)
- Feigling noun (a person who lacks courage)
- Hosenscheißer noun (a person who lacks courage)
- Schisser noun (a person who lacks courage)
Greek
4 entries- άνανδρος noun (a person who lacks courage)
- δειλός noun (a person who lacks courage)
- κιοτής noun (a person who lacks courage)
- κότα noun (a person who lacks courage)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- kapon noun (a person who lacks courage)
Hebrew
3 entries- מוּג לֵב noun (a person who lacks courage)
- פַּחְדָן noun (a person who lacks courage)
- פחדנית noun (a person who lacks courage)
Hindi
4 entries- कायर noun (a person who lacks courage)
- डरपोक noun (a person who lacks courage)
- बुजदिल noun (a person who lacks courage)
- बुज़दिल noun (a person who lacks courage)
Hungarian
1 entries- gyáva (alak) noun (a person who lacks courage)
Icelandic
1 entries- bleyða noun (a person who lacks courage)
Ido
2 entries- deskurajozo noun (a person who lacks courage)
- poltrono noun (a person who lacks courage)
Ilocano
1 entries- natakrot noun (a person who lacks courage)
Indonesian
1 entries- pengecut noun (a person who lacks courage)
Irish
1 entries- cladhaire noun (a person who lacks courage)
Italian
4 entries- codardo noun (a person who lacks courage)
- coniglio noun (a person who lacks courage)
- fifona noun (a person who lacks courage)
- fifone noun (a person who lacks courage)
Ivatan
1 entries- matahaw noun (a person who lacks courage)
Japanese
4 entries- 卑怯者 noun (a person who lacks courage)
- 弱虫 noun (a person who lacks courage)
- 怖がり noun (a person who lacks courage)
- 怖がり屋 noun (a person who lacks courage)
Kapampangan
3 entries- bayugin noun (a person who lacks courage)
- galgawu noun (a person who lacks courage)
- mataloti noun (a person who lacks courage)
Kazakh
1 entries- қорқақ noun (a person who lacks courage)
Khmer
2 entries- កំសាក noun (a person who lacks courage)
- អ្នកកំសាក noun (a person who lacks courage)
Korean
4 entries- 겁꾸러기 noun (a person who lacks courage)
- 겁보 noun (a person who lacks courage)
- 겁부 noun (a person who lacks courage)
- 겁쟁이 noun (a person who lacks courage)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- коркок noun (a person who lacks courage)
Lao
2 entries- ຄົນຂີ້ຢ້ານ noun (a person who lacks courage)
- ຄົນຕາຂາວ noun (a person who lacks courage)
Latvian
2 entries- gļēvule noun (a person who lacks courage)
- gļēvulis noun (a person who lacks courage)
Lithuanian
1 entries- bailys noun (a person who lacks courage)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Feigling noun (a person who lacks courage)
Macedonian
2 entries- кука́вица noun (a person who lacks courage)
- страшливец noun (a person who lacks courage)
Malagasy
1 entries- fananga noun (a person who lacks courage)
Malay
1 entries- pengecut noun (a person who lacks courage)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഭീരു noun (a person who lacks courage)
Manx
1 entries- aggleydagh noun (a person who lacks courage)
Maranao
1 entries- talaw noun (a person who lacks courage)
Middle English
1 entries- coward noun (a person who lacks courage)
Mongolian
2 entries- аймхай хүн noun (a person who lacks courage)
- хулчгар хүн noun (a person who lacks courage)
Māori
4 entries- hamo pango noun (a person who lacks courage)
- hukehuke noun (a person who lacks courage)
- poromataku noun (a person who lacks courage)
- tautauhea noun (a person who lacks courage)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- bêcesaret noun (a person who lacks courage)
- bêkulek noun (a person who lacks courage)
- newêrek noun (a person who lacks courage)
- tirsok noun (a person who lacks courage)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- feiging noun (a person who lacks courage)
- reddhare noun (a person who lacks courage)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- feiging noun (a person who lacks courage)
- reddhare noun (a person who lacks courage)
Occitan
1 entries- coard noun (a person who lacks courage)
Old English
1 entries- earg noun (a person who lacks courage)
Persian
3 entries- بزدل noun (a person who lacks courage)
- ترسو noun (a person who lacks courage)
- نامرد noun (a person who lacks courage)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schietstremp noun (a person who lacks courage)
Polish
3 entries- bojaźliwiec noun (a person who lacks courage)
- strachajło noun (a person who lacks courage)
- tchórz noun (a person who lacks courage)
Portuguese
1 entries- covarde noun (a person who lacks courage)
Romanian
2 entries- laș noun (a person who lacks courage)
- lașă noun (a person who lacks courage)
Russian
4 entries- бздун noun (a person who lacks courage)
- боя́ка noun (a person who lacks courage)
- боягу́з noun (a person who lacks courage)
- боягу́зка noun (a person who lacks courage)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cladhaire noun (a person who lacks courage)
- gealtaire noun (a person who lacks courage)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kȕkavica noun (a person who lacks courage)
- ку̏кавица noun (a person who lacks courage)
Shan
1 entries- ၵူၼ်းၶီႈယၢၼ်ႈ noun (a person who lacks courage)
Shor
1 entries- қортуқ noun (a person who lacks courage)
Slovak
4 entries- bojazlivec noun (a person who lacks courage)
- ustrašenec noun (a person who lacks courage)
- zbabelec noun (a person who lacks courage)
- zbabelkyňa noun (a person who lacks courage)
Slovene
2 entries- strahopetnež noun (a person who lacks courage)
- strahopetnica noun (a person who lacks courage)
Southern Altai
1 entries- коркунчаак noun (a person who lacks courage)
Spanish
2 entries- cobarde noun (a person who lacks courage)
- gallina noun (a person who lacks courage)
Swahili
1 entries- mwoga noun (a person who lacks courage)
Swedish
2 entries- fegis noun (a person who lacks courage)
- mes noun (a person who lacks courage)
Tagalog
1 entries- duwag noun (a person who lacks courage)
Tajik
4 entries- буздил noun (a person who lacks courage)
- номард noun (a person who lacks courage)
- тарсончак noun (a person who lacks courage)
- тарсу noun (a person who lacks courage)
Tatar
1 entries- куркак noun (a person who lacks courage)
Telugu
1 entries- పిరికివాడు noun (a person who lacks courage)
Thai
2 entries- ขี้ขลาด noun (a person who lacks courage)
- คนขี้ขลาด noun (a person who lacks courage)
Turkish
3 entries- korkak noun (a person who lacks courage)
- tabansız noun (a person who lacks courage)
- ödlek noun (a person who lacks courage)
Ukrainian
3 entries- боягу́з noun (a person who lacks courage)
- боягу́зка noun (a person who lacks courage)
- страхополо́х noun (a person who lacks courage)
Urdu
2 entries- بزدل noun (a person who lacks courage)
- ڈرپوک noun (a person who lacks courage)
Uyghur
1 entries- قورقۇنچاق noun (a person who lacks courage)
Uzbek
1 entries- qoʻrqoq noun (a person who lacks courage)
Vietnamese
2 entries- người nhát gan noun (a person who lacks courage)
- người nhút nhát noun (a person who lacks courage)
Volapük
4 entries- dredahijiedan noun (a person who lacks courage)
- dredajiedan noun (a person who lacks courage)
- dredajijiedan noun (a person who lacks courage)
- dredöfan noun (a person who lacks courage)
Welsh
4 entries- cachadur noun (a person who lacks courage)
- cachgi noun (a person who lacks courage)
- cachwr noun (a person who lacks courage)
- cilgi noun (a person who lacks courage)
West-Frisian
2 entries- fiich noun (a person who lacks courage)
- leffert noun (a person who lacks courage)
Yiddish
3 entries- טרוס noun (a person who lacks courage)
- פּחדן noun (a person who lacks courage)
- פּחדנטע noun (a person who lacks courage)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
You are not a coward.
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We looked down on him as a coward.
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In a word, he is a coward.
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