Nearby Words
namby pamby
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pansy |
| Synonyms: | baby*, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, coward, cry-baby, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, milksop, momma's boy, pantywaist, quitter, scaredy cat, sissy, weakling, wimp, wuss, wussy, yellow, yellow belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pantywaist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sissy |
| Synonyms: | baby*, chicken*, coward, cry-baby, fraidy-cat, milksop, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, scaredy cat, weakling, wimp*, wuss, wussy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sissy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakling |
| Synonyms: | baby, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, cuckold, daisy, jellyfish, milksop, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, pushover, wimp*, wuss, yellow belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wimp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakling |
| Synonyms: | baby, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, daisy, featherweight, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, loser, milksop, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, puppy, pushover, scaredy-cat, schlemiel, sissy, wuss, wussy, yellow belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wishy-washy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bland, dull |
| Synonyms: | banal, characterless, cowardly, enervated, feeble, flat, flavorless, indecisive, ineffective, ineffectual, insipid, irresolute, jejune, languid, listless, mediocre, namby-pamby, sapless, spiritless, tasteless, thin, vacillating, vapid, watered-down, watery, wavering, weak, weak-kneed |
| Antonyms: | dynamic, exciting, interesting, lively |
| Main Entry: | mama's boy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mother's boy |
| Synonyms: | Milquetoast, baby, big baby, crybaby, gutless wonder, lightweight, mollycoddle, mother's darling, namby-pamby, pansy, sissy, softy, teacher's pet |
| Main Entry: | washy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insipid |
| Synonyms: | bland, distasteful, flat*, flavorless, innocuous, jejune, mild, namby-pamby, savorless, stale, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory, vapid, watered-down, waterish, watery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | waterish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insipid |
| Synonyms: | bland, distasteful, flat*, flavorless, innocuous, jejune, mild, namby-pamby, savorless, stale, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory, vapid, washy, watered-down, watery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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