Definition of SPINELESS

spineless

Adjective Satellite

  • weak in willpower, courage or vitality
  • lacking thorns

Adjective

  • lacking a backbone or spinal column
  • lacking spiny processes
    • "spineless fins"

Adj

  • Having no spines, prickles, or thorns.
  • Having no spinal column.
  • Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.

Origin / Etymology

From spine + -less.

Synonyms

gutless, invertebrate, namby-pamby, thornless, wishy-washy, ;, boneless, chicken, chicken-hearted, chickenshit, cowardly, craven, dastardly, fainthearted, fearful, heartless, hen-hearted, kiasi, lily-livered, milky, mousy, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, poor-spirited, pusillanimous, sissy, spineless, timid, timorous, unhearty, unspined, unspiny, weak-kneed, wimpish, yellow, yellow-bellied

Antonyms

spinous, vertebrate, spined#Adjective, spiny

Scrabble Score: 11

spineless: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
spineless: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
spineless: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

spineless: valid Words With Friends Word