Craven: alternatives and connections

Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.