chicken

/tʃˈɪkən/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the flesh of a chicken used for food
2. a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
3. a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
4. a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

adjective

1. easily frightened

Synonyms for chicken

• poulet
• volaille
• Gallus gallus
• wimp
• crybaby
• chickenhearted
• lily-livered
• white-livered
• yellow
• yellow-bellied
• cowardly

Words that rhyme with chicken

• quicken
• sicken
• stricken
• thicken
• dicken
• ficken
• hicken
• licon
• picken
• picon
• ricken
• vicon