Synonyms & related words for cowardice

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of cowardice — including cowardliness, pusillanimity, spinelessness, timidity, timorousness, feebleness. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to cowardice

Explore words related to cowardice — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include poltroonery, dastardliness, cravenness, gutlessness, cowardly, chickenhearted, niddering, poltroonish. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for cowardice

Common synonyms for cowardice include cowardliness, pusillanimity, spinelessness, timidity, timorousness, feebleness — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does cowardice come from?

The word cowardice breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root cow-, from Latin cauda (“tail”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.