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  1. person who is not brave, is easily frightened, or tries to avoid danger or difficulties: A coward is someone who sends you a nasty letter without signing it. cowardly. adjective [ not gradable ] us / ˈkɑʊ·ərd·li / disapproving. a cowardly act. (Definition of coward from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  2. Coward definition: a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person.. See examples of COWARD used in a sentence.

  3. : one who shows disgraceful fear or timidity. a coward who deserted his troops. coward adjective. Synonyms. chicken. craven. cur. dastard. funk. poltroon. recreant. sissy. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of coward in a Sentence.

  4. noun. ˈkau̇ (-ə)rd. Definition of coward. as in craven. a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger the soldiers who ran as soon as the first shots were fired were branded as cowards. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. craven. chicken.

  5. A coward is someone who’s afraid of doing something daring or dangerous. Skydiving might sound exciting in theory, but you might be a coward when it comes to actually jumping out of a plane. Which is probably wise. Coward comes from the Latin word couda, meaning “tail.”.

  6. coward. noun. /ˈkaʊərd/ (disapproving) a person who is not brave or who does not have the courage to do things that other people do not think are especially difficult You coward! What are you afraid of? I'm a real coward when it comes to going to the dentist. Take your English to the next level.

  7. Definition of 'coward' Word Frequency. coward. (kaʊəʳd ) Word forms: plural cowards. countable noun B2. If you call someone a coward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations. [disapproval] She accused her husband of being a coward.

  8. Noun. Adjective. Pronoun. Filter. noun. A person who lacks courage, esp. one who is shamefully unable to control fear and so shrinks from danger or trouble. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A person who lacks courage. Wiktionary. Synonyms: Sir Noel Pierce Coward. noel coward. gutless. wimp. scaredy-cat. sissy. jellyfish. sneak. recreant.

  9. a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person. adj. lacking courage; very fearful or timid. proceeding from or expressive of fear or timidity: a coward cry. Latin cauda) + -art - ard. Old French couard-, couart cowardly, equivalent. to coue tail ( Middle English 1175–1225.

  10. Find 33 different ways to say COWARD, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.