English adjective: recreant | |||
1. | recreant having deserted a cause or principle | ||
Samples | Some provinces had proved recreant. Renegade supporters of the usurper. | ||
Synonyms | renegade | ||
Similar | disloyal | ||
Antonyms | loyal | ||
2. | recreant lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful | ||
Samples | The craven fellow turned and ran. A craven proposal to raise the white flag. This recreant knight. | ||
Synonyms | craven | ||
Similar | cowardly, fearful | ||
Antonyms | brave, courageous | ||
English noun: recreant | |||
1. | recreant (person) an abject coward | ||
Synonyms | craven, poltroon | ||
Broader (hypernym) | coward | ||
2. | recreant (person) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | ||
Synonyms | apostate, deserter, ratter, renegade, turncoat | ||
Broader (hypernym) | quitter | ||