noun
- a person who lacks courage or is easily frightened
Examples
- He called me a coward for not jumping off the high dive.
- Don’t be such a coward – it’s just a spider.
- The coward ran away when the fight started.
- She felt like a coward for not speaking up.
- Only a coward would abandon his friends in danger.
- The movie portrayed the villain as a sneaky coward.