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- [spahyn-lis]
- /ˈspaɪn lɪs/
- /ˈspaɪn.ləs/
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- [spahyn-lis]
- /ˈspaɪn lɪs/
Definitions of spineless word
- adjective spineless having no spines or quills. 1
- adjective spineless having no spine or backbone. 1
- adjective spineless having a weak spine; limp. 1
- adjective spineless without moral force, resolution, or courage; feeble: a spineless, lily-livered coward. 1
- adjective spineless animal: invertebrate 1
- adjective spineless person, act: cowardly, weak 1
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Origin of spineless
First appearance:
before 1820 One of the 38% newest English words
First recorded in 1820-30; spine + -less
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Parts of speech for Spineless
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spineless popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spineless
adj spineless
- adulatory — If someone makes an adulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration of them.
- aflutter — in or into a nervous or excited state
- anti-climactic — of, like, pertaining to, or expressing anticlimax.
- anticlimactic — of, having, or like an anticlimax
- astraddle — with a leg on either side of something
noun spineless
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- cravenness — cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous.
- cowardice — Cowardice is cowardly behaviour.
- dastardliness — The state or quality of being dastardly.
- defeatism — Defeatism is a way of thinking or talking which suggests that you expect to be unsuccessful.
adjective spineless
- cowhearted — cowardly.
- craven — Someone who is craven is very cowardly.
- defeatist — A defeatist is someone who thinks or talks in a way that suggests that they expect to be unsuccessful.
- feckless — ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the plumbing.
- forceless — Without force.
Antonyms for spineless
noun spineless
- backbone — Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
- bravura — If you say that someone is doing something with bravura, you mean that they are using unnecessary extra actions that emphasize their skill or importance.
- bravure — Music. a florid passage or piece requiring great skill and spirit in the performer.
- dependability — software reliability
- determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
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