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Synonyms for cowardly

The synonym for cowardly recorded in this bank is craven, in the sense "lacking courage; too afraid to face danger". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for cowardly

  • cravenadjective, in the sense "lacking courage; too afraid to face danger"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and cowardly carries one sense so far.

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampPeople and roles

lacking courage; too afraid to face danger

The cowardly guard fled at the first sign of danger.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

craven

Same sentence, swapped: The craven guard fled at the first sign of danger.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

  • bold
  • valiant
  • defiant

Where cowardly turns up in the game

cowardly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where cowardly is the trap

  • limpadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is wilted, in the sense "without energy or will", so cowardly is there to be ruled out.

Play cowardly

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so cowardly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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The wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. cowardly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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