cowardly

Questions about cowardly

What does cowardly mean?

cowardly means "lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted".

How many syllables are in cowardly?

cowardly has 3 syllables: co-ward-ly. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkaʊɚdli/.

What is another word for cowardly?

Close synonyms include fearful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of cowardly?

The recorded antonyms are brave.

Is cowardly a common word?

cowardly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.