Courageous and Poltroon

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Courageous adjective - Feeling or displaying no fear by temperament.

Usage example: the courageous decision to quit rather than obey an illegal order

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Poltroon is an antonym for courageous.

Nearby Words: courage, courageously

Poltroon adjective - Having or showing a shameful lack of courage.

Usage example: a military commander who was so poltroon that he surrendered without having fired so much as a single shot

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Courageous is an antonym for poltroon.

Nearby Word: poltroonery

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Poltroon and Courageous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/courageous/poltroon

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