Synonyms for chicken
ˈtʃɪk ənchick·en

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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

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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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1. Madam Tong:

   Frozen chicken ? You expect us to cook chicken-rice using frozen chicken ? It will not taste good, if that's the case and you're happy with that kind of quality, you might as well go to Malaysia and eat chicken-rice there lah.

2. Cassy Joy Garcia:

   I think bone broth is getting some new attention now with grocery prices on the rise and people wanting to do more with less, i feel like it’s an easy entry point for some good DIY kitchen basics. If you’ve already roasted a chicken, just go ahead and throw that carcass in your pot or pressure cooker along with that random onion in the pantry and scraggly carrot in the fridge, and lo and behold, you’re going to save yourself some money and have broth that tastes better and is better for you than anything you’d buy.

3. Joe Erlinger:

   We want customers to choose McDonald's for chicken.

4. Joe Erlinger:

   Globally, the chicken category is almost twice the size of beef, it is growing faster and represents a significant opportunity.

5. This Easter , D’Silva:

   Singapore is a lot more than chili crab and chicken rice. It’s a lot, lot more than that, if you have an opportunity to go to a restaurant that serves Singapore’s heritage cuisine, go, because it’s mind-blowing : the flavor, the ingredients. Everything about it.