spineless

Meaning

  1. (not-comparable) Having no spines, prickles, or thorns.
  2. (not-comparable) Having no spinal column.
  3. Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.

Opposite of
spined#Adjective, spiny
Synonyms

invertebrate
weak-willed
cowardly
C2
timid
C2
faint-hearted
thornless
characterless
weak-kneed
gutless
23k
boneless
44k
chicken
B1
🐔
craven
20k
fearful
C2
😨
feeble
C2
namby-pamby
nerveless
weak-minded
wishy-washy
45k
yellow
B1

lacking in character

timorous
unarmored
unarmoured
unprincipled
weak
B1
dead
A1
💀
molluscous
sinewless
aboulic
backboneless

lacking character

insipid
38k
invitation
B2
chicken-hearted
wimpish
impatient
C1
flabby
26k
Translations

invertebrado
wirbellos
dikensiz
invertebrado
invertébré

cesaretsiz

rückgratlos

ασπόνδυλος

invertebrat
feige
dèbil
kleinmütig

memmenhaft

hasenherzig

خريع

Frequency

20k
Etymology

From spine + -less.

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