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Hrsanei Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Coward

I am looking for synonyms for the word coward.

I wonder why we have so synonyms for brave such as couragous, interpid, bold, daring, audacious, fearless, plucky, valiant, heroic, gallant and so forth.

but for coward all I could find was poltroon.

Does anyone know ,more words?
  

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The only ones I can think of are slang terms, such as scaredy cat, chicken, lily-liver, wimp, gutless wonder, yellow belly, etc. Faintheart is the only non slang term I can think of that is synonymous. , the Eskimo language has many synonyms for ice.

— Sam1947

  • The only ones I can think of are slang terms, such as scaredy cat, chicken, lily-liver, wimp, gutless wonder, yellow belly, etc.
  • Faintheart is the only non slang term I can think of that is synonymous.
  • , the Eskimo language has many synonyms for ice.
  • I suppose that means that we value heroism a great deal, and, obviously, don't think too highly of cowardice.
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The only ones I can think of are slang terms, such as scaredy cat, chicken, lily-liver, wimp, gutless wonder, yellow belly, etc. Faintheart is the only non slang term I can think of that is synonymous.

It is said that languages have more words for things they value or use frequently, e.g., the Eskimo language has many synonyms for ice. I suppose that means that we value heroism a great
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