dastard

The word “dastard” has 2 syllables: das-tard

It's pronounced as /dæs.tərd/


What is synonym and antonym for dastard?

In the thesaurus, “dastard” has 23 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dastard along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for dastard

  • cad
  • caitiff
  • chicken
  • coward
  • craven
  • cream puff
  • cur
  • defeatist
  • funk
  • milquetoast
  • ostrich
  • poltroon
  • pushover
  • pussy
  • quitter
  • recreant
  • scaramouch
  • scaramouche
  • sissy
  • snake
  • sneak
  • weakling
  • wimp

Antonyms for dastard

Meanings of dastard

  • noun
    1. A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak.
  • verb
    1. To dastardize.
  • adjective
    1. Meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly.

Example Sentences

  • Despite his reputation as a courageous knight, Sir Reginald was revealed to be a dastard who fled from battle.
  • The villainous character in the novel was portrayed as a conniving dastard who would stop at nothing to achieve his wicked goals.
  • Clara refused to associate with such a dastard individual who had betrayed his friends without remorse.
  • The cunning fox was known throughout the forest as a dastard who would deceive his fellow creatures for personal gain.
  • In the face of danger, the dastard abandoned his companions, leaving them to fend for themselves in the treacherous wilderness.

On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dastard, such as: cad, caitiff, chicken, coward, craven, cream puff, cur.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • antagonist
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  • assassin
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  • bad egg
  • bad guy
  • bad news
  • bad person
  • baddy
  • bandit
  • beast
  • black sheep
  • blackguard
  • bravo
  • brute
  • cad
  • caitiff
  • cheat
  • con
  • convict
  • creep
  • criminal
  • crook
  • culprit
  • cutthroat
  • dastard
  • desperado
  • devil
  • enfant terrible
  • evildoer
  • felon
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  • gangster
  • good-for-nothing
  • goon
  • gunman
  • heavy
  • heel
  • hoodlum
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  • hound
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  • incorrigible
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  • lowlife
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  • perp
  • perpetrator
  • racketeer
  • rapscallion
  • rascal
  • reprobate
  • robber
  • rogue
  • rough
  • rowdy
  • ruffian
  • savage
  • scalawag
  • scallywag
  • scamp
  • scapegrace
  • scoundrel
  • serpent
  • sinner
  • snake
  • stinker
  • thief
  • thug
  • tough
  • transgressor
  • trash
  • trespasser
  • vagabond
  • varlet
  • villain
  • villainess
  • viper
  • wretch
  • wrongdoer

baddy

  • antagonist
  • antihero
  • assassin
  • bad actor
  • bad egg
  • bad guy
  • bad news
  • bad person
  • baddie
  • bandit
  • beast
  • black sheep
  • blackguard
  • bravo
  • brute
  • cad
  • caitiff
  • cheat
  • con
  • convict
  • creep
  • criminal
  • crook
  • culprit
  • cutthroat
  • dastard
  • desperado
  • devil
  • enfant terrible
  • evildoer
  • felon
  • fiend
  • gangster
  • good-for-nothing
  • goon
  • gunman
  • heavy
  • heel
  • hoodlum
  • hooligan
  • hound
  • imp
  • incorrigible
  • jailbird
  • knave
  • lawbreaker
  • libertine
  • loser
  • lowlife
  • maggot
  • malefactor
  • meanie
  • meany
  • mischief-maker
  • mischiefmaker
  • miscreant
  • monster
  • nazi
  • no-good
  • offender
  • outlaw
  • perp
  • perpetrator
  • racketeer
  • rapscallion
  • rascal
  • reprobate
  • robber
  • rogue
  • rough
  • rowdy
  • ruffian
  • savage
  • scalawag
  • scallywag
  • scamp
  • scapegrace
  • scoundrel
  • serpent
  • sinner
  • snake
  • stinker
  • thief
  • thug
  • tough
  • transgressor
  • trash
  • trespasser
  • vagabond
  • varlet
  • villain
  • villainess
  • viper
  • wretch
  • wrongdoer

caitiff

jellyfish

  • alarmist
  • baby
  • chicken
  • chickenheart
  • coward
  • craven
  • cream puff
  • cry-baby
  • crybaby
  • cur
  • dastard
  • deserter
  • doormat
  • dotard
  • faint-of-heart
  • faintheart
  • featherweight
  • fraidy-cat
  • gutless wonder
  • hothouse plant
  • invertebrate
  • lily liver
  • loser
  • malingerer
  • meek soul
  • milksop
  • milquetoast
  • misfit
  • mouse
  • namby-pamby
  • nebbish
  • nervous Nellie
  • nervous Nelly
  • pansy
  • pantywaist
  • pessimist
  • poltroon
  • pushover
  • pussy
  • quitter
  • rabbit
  • recreant
  • reed
  • scaredy-cat
  • schlemiel
  • sheep
  • shirk
  • shirker
  • sissy
  • skulker
  • sneak
  • softy
  • weak soul
  • weakling
  • white liver
  • wimp
  • wuss
  • wussy
  • yellowbelly

quitter

  • caitiff
  • ceder
  • chicken
  • coward
  • craven
  • cream puff
  • cur
  • dallier
  • dastard
  • dawdler
  • defeatist
  • deserter
  • drone
  • dropout
  • funk
  • goldbrick
  • goldbricker
  • goof-off
  • idler
  • laggard
  • lazybones
  • lingerer
  • loafer
  • loiterer
  • lounger
  • malingerer
  • milquetoast
  • ostrich
  • piker
  • poltroon
  • pushover
  • pussy
  • putterer
  • recreant
  • saunterer
  • scaramouch
  • scaramouche
  • shirker
  • sissy
  • slacker
  • slouch
  • slowpoke
  • slug
  • slugabed
  • sluggard
  • snake
  • sneak
  • weakling
  • wimp

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