Synonyms and Antonyms of spineless
1
lacking strength of will or character
- a spineless man who let his wife make all the decisions
characterless, effete, frail, invertebrate, limp-wristed, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, nerveless, soft, weak, weak-kneed, weakened, weakling, wet [British], wimpish, wimpy, wishy-washy
flabby, flaccid, forceless, ineffective, ineffectual
impotent, impuissant, powerless
emasculated, unnerved
lamblike, meek, pliable, submissive
corrupt, dastardly, unprincipled, unscrupulous, villainous
cowardly, craven, fainthearted, lily-livered, nebbishy, poltroon, pusillanimous, sissy, timid
infirm, irresolute, vacillating
ethical, good, moral, principled, right, righteous, upright, virtuous
determined, mettlesome, resolute, unrelenting
courageous, stalwart, stouthearted
2
having or showing a shameful lack of courage
- spineless seamen who trembled at the first roar of the cannon
chicken, chicken-livered, chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, pusillanimous, recreant, unheroic, yellow
diffident, fainthearted, fearful, timid, timorous
afraid, frightened, scared
careful, cautious, wary
bashful, coy, shy
feeble, soft, unmanly, weak
brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous
