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Definitions for Coward

[1] a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person.
[2] lacking courage; very fearful or timid.
[3] proceeding from or expressive of fear or timidity: a coward cry.
[4] Noel, 1899–1973, English playwright, author, actor, and composer.
[5] a person who shrinks from or avoids danger, pain, or difficulty
[6] Sir Noël (Pierce ). 1899–1973, English dramatist, actor, and composer, noted for his sophisticated comedies, which include Private Lives (1930) and Blithe Spirit (1941)

Words related to Coward

wimp, poltroon, yellow, pessimist, chicken, mouse, alarmist, cur, dastard, shirker, sneak, recreant, rabbit, baby, funk, malingerer, deserter, quitter, craven, caitiff

Words nearby Coward

cow-spanker, cowabunga, cowage, cowal, cowansville, coward, cowardice, cowardly, cowash, cowbane, cowbell

Origin of Coward

1175–1225; Middle English < Old French couard-, couart cowardly, equivalent to coue tail (< Latin cauda ) + -art -ard

Word origin for Coward

C13: from Old French cuard, from coue tail, from Latin cauda; perhaps suggestive of a frightened animal with its tail between its legs

Synonyms for Coward

wimp, alarmist, baby, caitiff, chicken, craven, cur, dastard, deserter, funk, invertebrate, jellyfish, malingerer, mouse, pessimist, poltroon, quitter, rabbit, recreant, shirker, skulker, sneak, weakling, yellow, chicken heart, chicken liver, faint-of-heart, faintheart, fraidy-cat, gutless, lily liver, scaredy cat, shirk, white liver, yellow belly