Synonyms for Chicken
ˈtʃɪk ənchick·en

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1. chickennoun

   To avoid as a result of fear.

   Synonyms:
   spring chicken, cock, chook, hen, rooster

2. chickennoun

   To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.

   Synonyms:
   spring chicken, hen, chook, cock, rooster

3. chickennoun

   A coward.

   Synonyms:
   hen, chook, cock, rooster, spring chicken

4. chickennoun

   A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair. Cf. chickenhawk

   Synonyms:
   hen, rooster, cock, spring chicken, chook

5. chickennoun

   A young or inexperienced person.

   Synonyms:
   cock, hen, chook, spring chicken, rooster

6. chickennoun

   A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the loser.

   Synonyms:
   rooster, spring chicken, hen, cock, chook

7. chickennoun

   The game of dare.

   Synonyms:
   spring chicken, hen, cock, chook, rooster

8. chickennoun

   Synonyms:
   twink

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1. chicken, poulet, volaillenoun

   the flesh of a chicken used for food

   Synonyms:
   volaille, chicken, crybaby, wimp, poulet

   Antonyms:
   courageous, brave

2. chicken, Gallus gallusnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   volaille, chicken, red jungle fowl, crybaby, wimp, poulet

   Antonyms:
   courageous, brave

3. wimp, chicken, crybabynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   weakly interacting massive particle, poulet, bellyacher, wimp, sniveller, volaille, squawker, complainer, chicken, whiner, crybaby, moaner, grumbler

   Antonyms:
   courageous, brave

4. chickenadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   volaille, crybaby, wimp, poulet

   Antonyms:
   courageous, brave

5. chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-belliedadjective

   easily frightened

   Synonyms:
   jaundiced, yellow-bellied, icteric, scandalmongering, yellow, white-livered, yellowed, xanthous, yellowish, chicken, lily-livered, yellow(a), chickenhearted, sensationalistic

   Antonyms:
   courageous, brave

Matched Categories

1. • Domestic Fowl
   • Poultry

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chickennoun

   Synonyms:
   fowl, hen, rooster, pullet, poult, capon

2. chickennoun

   Synonyms:
   poultry, brood

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "chicken":

   pollo, chickens, poultry, hen, chick, fowl, rooster, sissy, broiler, wuss

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1. Daniel Castro:

   It is food terrorism and it is the terrorism of the boss who has already left. This is chaos and you're seeing this chaos in (La Paz's) Plaza Villarroel with more than 5,000 people just there to choose a chicken.

2. John Gay:

   A fox may steal your hens, Sir, a whore your health and pence, Sir, your daughter rob your chest, Sir, your wife may steal your rest, Sir, a thief your goods and plate. But this is all but picking, with rest, pence, chest and chicken; it ever was decreed, Sir, if lawyer's hand is feed, Sir, he steals your whole estate.

3. Michael Haracz:

   Chicken has been on the radar for quite a while at McDonald's, there's a variety of chicken sandwiches being tested.

4. Anna Wurtzburger:

   I came home and said, ‘Where’s the chicken?’ I thought I was going to have a couple of meals, they say it feeds the whole family … They’re showing a bucket that’s overflowing with chicken.

5. Deputy Richard Tidwell:

   I praised him and loved on him, i pulled the chicken reward out of my pocket. He ate the chicken and wanted to meet other people as if to say, ‘Look what I’ve done.’.