chicken - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

Synonyms

• Gallus gallus
• chicken

More generic

• domestic fowl
• fowl
• poultry

More specific

• Dominick
• Dominique
• Orpington
• Rhode Island red
• biddy
• capon
• chick
• cock
• hen
• rooster
• spring chicken

Related

• chicken
• poulet
• volaille

Noun

a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

Synonyms

• chicken

More generic

• competition
• contest

Noun

the flesh of a chicken used for food

Synonyms

• chicken
• poulet
• volaille

More generic

• poultry

More specific

• broiler
• capon
• frier
• fryer
• hen
• pullet
• roaster
• spatchcock

Related

• breast
• chicken wing
• white meat

Related

• Gallus gallus
• chicken

Noun

a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

Synonyms

• chicken
• crybaby
• wimp

More generic

• doormat
• weakling
• wuss

Adjective

easily frightened

Synonyms

• chicken
• chickenhearted
• lily-livered
• white-livered
• yellow
• yellow-bellied

Related

• cowardly
• fearful

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