recreant
English Thesaurus
1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | quitter, |
| definition | : | a person who gives up too easily (noun.person) |
2. an abject coward (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | coward, |
| definition | : | a person who shows fear or timidity (noun.person) |
3. lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful (adj.all)
| similar | : | cowardly, fearful, |
| definition | : | lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted (adj.all) |
4. having deserted a cause or principle (adj.all)
| similar | : | disloyal, |
| definition | : | deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle (adj.all) |
5. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. (noun.person)
| derivation | : | betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on, |
| definition | : | give away information about somebody (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | blackleg, fink, rat, scab, |
| definition | : | take the place of work of someone on strike (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | rat, |
| definition | : | employ scabs or strike breakers in (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | defect, desert, |
| definition | : | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | rat, |
| definition | : | desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | apostate, |
| definition | : | not faithful to religion or party or cause (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | recreant, renegade, |
| definition | : | having deserted a cause or principle (adj.all) |
6. an abject coward (noun.person)
| derivation | : | craven, recreant, |
| definition | : | lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | poltroon, |
| definition | : | characterized by complete cowardliness (adj.all) |
7. lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful (adj.all)
| derivation | : | cravenness, |
| definition | : | meanspirited cowardice (noun.attribute) |
8. having deserted a cause or principle (adj.all)
| derivation | : | renegade, |
| definition | : | someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw (noun.person) |
9. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. (noun.person)
| derivation | : | betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on, |
| definition | : | give away information about somebody (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | blackleg, fink, rat, scab, |
| definition | : | take the place of work of someone on strike (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | rat, |
| definition | : | employ scabs or strike breakers in (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | defect, desert, |
| definition | : | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | rat, |
| definition | : | desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | apostate, |
| definition | : | not faithful to religion or party or cause (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | recreant, renegade, |
| definition | : | having deserted a cause or principle (adj.all) |
10. an abject coward (noun.person)
| derivation | : | craven, recreant, |
| definition | : | lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | poltroon, |
| definition | : | characterized by complete cowardliness (adj.all) |
11. lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful (adj.all)
| derivation | : | cravenness, |
| definition | : | meanspirited cowardice (noun.attribute) |
12. having deserted a cause or principle (adj.all)
| derivation | : | renegade, |
| definition | : | someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw (noun.person) |
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