recreant
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an abject coward
Types & categories
- coward hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
having deserted a cause or principle
some provinces had proved recreant
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Sense 3 noun
a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
Types & categories
- quitter hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
the craven fellow turned and ran
Related & opposite
- cravenness derivation
- recreant derivation
- cowardly similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | craven |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | poltroon |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | coward |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ratter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | renegade |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | disloyal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | desert |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | apostatize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fink |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | defect |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | apostate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | renegade |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | quitter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cravenness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | recreant |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | cowardly |