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Chicken

🔄 Synonyms of "Chicken"

12 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
lily-livered	(idiomatic) Cowardly, lacking courage.
fearful	Frightening; causing fear.
wimpnoun	(chiefly derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.
white-livered	Lily-livered; cowardly.
yellow-bellied	(figuratively, colloquial, idiomatic) Uncourageous, cowardly.
cowardly	Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
crybabynoun	(slang, derogatory) Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters.
volaillenoun	the flesh of a chicken used for food
gallus gallusnoun	a jungle fowl of southeastern asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl
chickenhearted	Alternative spelling of chicken-hearted. [Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly.]
poulet	a French surname, meaning chicken.
yellownoun	The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Chicken"

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Word	Definition
yellow-bellied	(figuratively, colloquial, idiomatic) Uncourageous, cowardly.
yellownoun	The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
crybabynoun	(slang, derogatory) Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters.
wimpnoun	(chiefly derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.
chickenhearted	Alternative spelling of chicken-hearted. [Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly.]
fearful	Frightening; causing fear.
cowardly	Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
cowardnoun	A person who lacks courage.
lily-livered	(idiomatic) Cowardly, lacking courage.
white-livered	Lily-livered; cowardly.
gallus gallusnoun	a jungle fowl of southeastern asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl
pouletnoun	a French surname, meaning chicken.
volaillenoun	the flesh of a chicken used for food
birdnoun	An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
duckynoun	An affectionate pet name.
chicknoun	(colloquial) An attractive, young woman; or, more generally, a woman.
fowlnoun	A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.
goosenoun	Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are generally bigger than ducks.
roosternoun	(Canada, US, Kent, Australia, New Zealand) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
poultrynoun	Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).