Synonyms for chicken
ˈtʃɪk ənchick·en

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chicken, poulet, volaillenoun

   the flesh of a chicken used for food

   Synonyms:
   volaille, 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, 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, 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, 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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How to use chicken in a sentence?

1. Stephanie Sneed:

   We had been talking about the great chicken sandwich debate. We came up with the idea to go to Popeyes because of the large number of people waiting in lines.

2. Gabrielle Douglas:

   I like to stick with lean protein to help with my muscle recovery after hard workouts, so my grandma prepared me a delicious chicken breast and grilled asparagus with balsamic vinegar, it was so good! To treat myself, I dipped a handful of almonds in 2 ounces of melted dark chocolate. It really satisfied my sweet tooth!

3. Nathan Greenberg:

   They are treating us like we are Tyson Chicken.

4. Reba McEntire:

   I grew up with Kentucky Fried Chicken. It’s part of my story, and I’m so excited to now be part of theirs, i’ve held a lot of roles in my life –sort of like the Colonel himself –but this is certainly the most unique one yet.

5. Paul Lavery:

   We got Paul Lavery five years ago and we just fell in love with him at first sight and brought him home. For us, we didnt know he knew any tricks, we tried teaching him to sit, lie down, roll over and he wasnt interested, when he was about two years old I sat a chicken toy on his head and he just sat there looking at it really still, Paul Lavery claimed.