Usually means: Lacking courage; easily discouraged, timid.
Definitions Related words Mentions Lyrics History
We found 19 dictionaries that define the word fainthearted:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. fainthearted: Merriam-Webster
  2. fainthearted: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fainthearted: Vocabulary.com
  4. fainthearted: Wordnik
  5. fainthearted: Wiktionary
  6. fainthearted: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. fainthearted: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. fainthearted: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Fainthearted, fainthearted: Dictionary.com
  10. Fainthearted: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. fainthearted: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. fainthearted: Rhymezone
  13. Fainthearted: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. fainthearted: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. fainthearted: FreeDictionary.org
  16. fainthearted: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. fainthearted: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fainthearted: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See faintheartedly as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (fainthearted)

▸ adjective:  Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.

Similar:
timid, cowardly, coward, fearful, faint, weakhearted, faintling, fainty, pale, faintful, more...

Opposite:
courageous, brave, bold, fearless

Types:
chicken, wimp, sissy, pansy, mama's boy, sister-fister, more...



▸ Words similar to fainthearted

▸ Usage examples for fainthearted

▸ Idioms related to fainthearted

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular nouns described by fainthearted

▸ Words that often appear near fainthearted

▸ Rhymes of fainthearted

▸ Invented words related to fainthearted

Similar:
timid, cowardly, coward, fearful, faint, weakhearted, faintling, fainty, pale, faintful, more...

Opposite:
courageous, brave, bold, fearless

Types:
chicken, wimp, sissy, pansy, mama's boy, sister-fister, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "fainthearted" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Threepeat

Find common ground

Play Now

Compound Your Joy

Find connection

Play Now

Pandergram

Make alphabet soup

Play Now