Clues for the word "COWARD"
We've had 40 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 58 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on February 02, 2026.
Definition of coward
- a. - Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.
- a. - Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.
- a. - Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.
- n. - A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.
- v. t. - To make timorous; to frighten.
Referring Clues
- Yellowbelly
- Chicken
- Fraidy-cat
- Yellow-bellied one
- Fraidycat
- Fraidycat
- Yellow fellow
- Poltroon
- Timid person, sissy
- Scaredy-cat
- Opposite of hero
- Unlikely hero
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen songwriter
- Blithe Spirit playwright
- Yellow-belly
- Animal on a road is easily frightened
- A bad soldier seems a drawback to the commanding officer
- He hasn't the heart to disperse a crowd
- A craven person
- Playwright turned inside out by elements of former problem with Iceland
- Person without courage
- He's afraid he'll have to share his guardian with another
- Film star departed after officer's hostility
- Craven
- Officer giving orders to tie up chicken
- One that would be a drawback to the commanding officer?
- Eccentric suppresses cry of pain, but he's scared
- Composer of "Mad Dogs and Englishmen"
- One won't put a toe in the water? Lower away, as it were!
- Baby needs company near hospital beds
- Chicken causing a crowd disturbance
- Cry of pain stifled by eccentric dramatist
- A way to intimidate one lacking in courage
- Set up raffle for old cold chicken
- Raw cod, flounders and yellow fish
- Animal on a thoroughfare, chicken or mouse?
- No hero in the cod war
- Hardly hero material
- Dastard
- One who's habitually afraid
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - February 02, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 31, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - May 17, 2024
- Your Life Choices - January 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 03, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - June 27, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - February 18, 2023
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - January 11, 2018
- Mindfood Daily - October 03, 2017
- New Zealand Herald - September 14, 2017
- Guardian Prize - August 05, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - June 22, 2017
- Your Life Choices - June 20, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - May 24, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - February 06, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 09, 2016
- Guardian Quick - November 11, 2016
- Guardian Prize - September 03, 2016
- USA Today - July 29, 2016
- Guardian Quiptic - May 02, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 20, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 13, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - November 24, 2015
- Guardian Quick - August 06, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 12, 2015
- Guardian Quick - January 12, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - October 17, 2014
- And in 28 more crossword puzzles...