Synonyms of the word

craven

• adj. Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
• n. A coward.
• v. To make craven.

coward

• n. A person who lacks courage.
• adj. Cowardly.
• adj. (heraldry, of a lion) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.

cowardly

• adj. Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; basely or weakly fearful.
• adv. (archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.

fearful

• adj. Frightening.
• adj. (now rare) Frightened, filled with terror.
• adj. Tending to fear.
• adj. (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.

poltroon

• n. An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.
• adj. Cowardly.

recreant

• adj. (now rare, poetic) Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated.
• adj. (now poetic, literary) Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false.
• n. Somebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward.