craven

Other forms of craven

plural

cravens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about craven

What does craven mean?

craven means "an abject coward". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in craven?

craven has 2 syllables: cra-ven. The stress falls on "cra". In IPA it is /ˈkɹeɪvən/.

What is another word for craven?

Close synonyms include poltroon, recreant, recreant. 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.

Is craven a common word?

craven 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.