Synonyms for Cower:

v.
• bow
- de base
- de based
- de basing
- de-base
- de-based
- de-basing
- did obeisance
- didst obeisance
- does obeisance
- doest obeisance
- doeth obeisance
- doing obeisance
- dost obeisance
- doth obeisance
- in cline
- in clines
- in-cline
- in-clines
• cringe
- ate dirt
- eating dirt
- eats dirt
• crouch
- bended down
- bends down
- quatted
- quatting
- scrooched down
- scrooches down
- scrooching down
• fawn
- am at beck and call
- am at beck call
- am beck and call
- am beck call
- am obsequious
- am servile
- are at beck and call
- are at beck call
- are beck and call
- are beck call
- are servile
- art at beck and call
- art at beck call
- art beck and call
- art beck call
- art obsequious
- art servile
- be at beck call
- be beck and call
- be beck call
- being at beck and call
- being at beck call
- being beck and call
- being beck call
- being obsequious
- being servile
- buddied up
- buddies up
- buddying up
- cave into
- cave to
- caved in to
- caved into
- caved to
- caves in to
- caves into
- caves to
- caving in to
- caving into
- caving to
- fall knees
- fall on knees
- fall on one knees
- fall on ones knees
- fall one knees
- fall one's knees
- fall ones knees
- falling all over
- falling knees
- falling on knees
- falling on one knees
- falling on one's knees
- falling on ones knees
- falling one knees
- falling one's knees
- falling ones knees
- falling over
- falls all over
- falls knees
- falls on knees
- falls on one knees
- falls on one's knees
- falls on ones knees
- falls one knees
- falls one's knees
- falls ones knees
- fell all over
- fell knees
- fell on knees
- fell on one knees
- fell on one's knees
- fell on ones knees
- fell one knees
- fell one's knees
- fell ones knees
- fell over
- honeyed up
- honeying up
- honeys up
- honied up
- in vite
- is at beck and call
- is at beck call
- is beck and call
- is beck call
- is obsequious
- is servile
- laid it on
- laying it on
- lays it on
- licked boots
- licking boots
- licks boots
- made to
- made up to
- make to
- makes to
- makes up to
- making to
- making up to
- paid court
- payed court
- paying court
- pays court
- play to
- played to
- played up to
- playing to
- playing up to
- plays to
- plays up to
- was at beck and call
- was at beck call
- was beck and call
- was beck call
- was obsequious
- was servile
- wast at beck and call
- wast at beck call
- wast beck and call
- wast beck call
- wast obsequious
- wast servile
- were at beck and call
- were at beck call
- were beck and call
- were beck call
- were obsequious
- were servile
- wert at beck and call
- wert at beck call
- wert beck and call
- wert beck call
- wert obsequious
- wert servile
• fear
- am afraid
- am anxious
- am apprehensive
- am awe
- am disquieted
- am in awe
- are afraid
- are anxious
- are apprehensive
- are awe
- are disquieted
- are frightened
- are in awe
- art afraid
- art anxious
- art apprehensive
- art awe
- art frightened
- art in awe
- be awe
- being afraid
- being anxious
- being apprehensive
- being awe
- being disquieted
- being frightened
- being in awe
- brake out a sweat
- brake out in a sweat
- brake out in sweat
- brake out sweat
- break out a sweat
- break out in sweat
- break out sweat
- breaking out a sweat
- breaking out in a sweat
- breaking out in sweat
- breaking out sweat
- breaks out a sweat
- breaks out in a sweat
- breaks out in sweat
- breaks out sweat
- broke out a sweat
- broke out in a sweat
- broke out in sweat
- broke out sweat
- dared not
- dares not
- daring not
- durst not
- feeling concern
- feels concern
- felt concern
- fore saw
- fore see
- fore seeing
- fore seen
- fore sees
- fore-saw
- fore-see
- fore-seen
- fore-sees
- had butterflies
- had qualms
- haddest butterflies
- haddest qualms
- hadst butterflies
- hadst qualms
- has butterflies
- has qualms
- hast butterflies
- hast qualms
- hath butterflies
- hath qualms
- having butterflies
- having qualms
- is anxious
- is apprehensive
- is awe
- is disquieted
- is frightened
- is in awe
- loses courage
- losing courage
- lost courage
- was afraid
- was anxious
- was apprehensive
- was awe
- was disquieted
- was frightened
- was in awe
- wast afraid
- wast anxious
- wast apprehensive
- wast awe
- wast disquieted
- wast frightened
- wast in awe
- were afraid
- were anxious
- were apprehensive
- were awe
- were disquieted
- were frightened
- were in awe
- wert afraid
- wert anxious
- wert apprehensive
- wert awe
- wert disquieted
- wert frightened
- wert in awe
• flinch
- blink
- falter
• grovel
- ate humble pie
- be sought
- be-sought
- begged for mercy
- begging for mercy
- begs for mercy
- bow scrape
- brown nose
- brown nosed
- brown noses
- brown nosing
- brown-nosed
- brown-noses
- eats humble pie
- humbled oneself
- humbles oneself
- humbling oneself
- kiss one feet
- kiss ones feet
- kissed feet
- kissed one feet
- kissed one's feet
- kissed ones feet
- kisses feet
- kisses one feet
- kisses one's feet
- kisses ones feet
- kissing feet
- kissing one feet
- kissing one's feet
- kissing ones feet
- made much of
- makes much of
- soft soaped
- soft soaping
- soft-soaps
- softsoap
- softsoaped
- softsoaping
- softsoaps
- suck to
- sucked to
- sucked up to
- sucking to
- sucking up to
- sucks to
- sucks up to
- yessed
- yesses
- yessing
• kowtow
- caved in
- lay down and roll over
- lay down roll over
- lie down roll over
- lied down and roll over
- lied down roll over
- lies down and roll over
- lies down roll over
- lying down and roll over
- lying down roll over
- said uncle
- saying uncle
- says uncle
- toe mark
- toed mark
- toed the mark
- toeing mark
- toeing the mark
- toes mark
- toes the mark
• motion
- cower
Other synonyms:

•

turn

•

lift

•

start

•

balance

•

hold
move

•

open

•

choke
lie
twist

•

lean
shift
stir

•

throw

•

roll

Other relevant words:

• cringe

• crouch

• fear

• flinch

Flinched

• grovel

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

recoil

What are the hypernyms for Cower?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
contract, draw back, flinch, quail, quaver, recoil, shake, shrink back, tremble, recoil in fright, recoil in horror.

What are the hyponyms for Cower?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for cower (as verbs)
- motion
  crouch, bow, stoop, bend.

What are the opposite words for cower?

Cower means to crouch down in fear or to shrink away from something threatening. The antonyms of cower include to confront, face, stand up to, and brave. To confront means to face or meet someone or something challenging or hostile. Facing means to stand or look at someone or something without fear or to deal with a difficult situation without hesitation. Standing up to means to resist or defy someone or something that is intimidating or threatening. Brave means to show courage and strength in the face of danger or difficulty. So, instead of cowering, one can confront, face, stand up to, or be brave in the face of danger or adversity.

What are the antonyms for Cower?

v.
• flaunt; brag
- show off
• hide, hover in fear
- come out
- face
- meet
• make physical contact
- touch
• show off
- Disported
- Disporting
- dis play
- dis played
- dis playing
- dis plays
- dis ported
- dis porting
- dis-play
- dis-played
- dis-playing
- dis-plays
- dis-ported
- dis-porting
- ex pose
- ex posed
- ex-pose
- ex-posed
- ex-posing
- hand a line
- hand line
- handed a line
- handed line
- handing a line
- handing line
- hands a line
- hands line
- made a spectacle of
- made spectacle of
- make a spectacle of
- make spectacle of
- makes a spectacle of
- makes spectacle of
- making a spectacle of
- making spectacle of
- spread out
- spreads out
• touch
- Palmed
- Palming
- Patted
- Patting
- Percussed
- Thumbing
- allude to
- alluded to
- alludes to
- alluding to
- am a match for
- am a par
- am a party to
- am associated with
- am contact
- am in contact
- am match for
- am on a par
- am on par
- am par
- am party to
- am same league
- am the same league
- are a match for
- are a par
- are a party to
- are associated with
- are contact
- are in contact
- are in same league
- are in the same league
- are on a par
- are on par
- are par
- are party to
- are same league
- are the same league
- art a match for
- art a par
- art a party to
- art associated with
- art contact
- art in contact
- art in same league
- art in the same league
- art match for
- art par
- art party to
- art same league
- art the same league
- be a match for
- be a par
- be a party to
- be associated with
- be contact
- be in contact
- be in same league
- be in the same league
- be match for
- be on a par
- be on par
- be par
- be party to
- be same league
- be the same league
- bear up on
- bear upon
- being a match for
- being a par
- being a party to
- being associated with
- being contact
- being in contact
- being in same league
- being in the same league
- being match for
- being on a par
- being on par
- being par
- being party to
- being same league
- being the same league
- belong to
- belonged to
- belongs to
- butt on
- butted on
- butting on
- butts on
- came near
- came together
- center up on
- center upon
- centered up on
- centered upon
- centering up on
- centering upon
- centers up on
- centers upon
- come near
- come to
- come together
- comes near
- comes together
- coming near
- coming together
- concern oneself with
- concern with
- concerned oneself with
- concerned with
- concerning oneself with
- concerning with
- concerns oneself with
- concerns with
- deal with
- dis cuss
- dis cussed
- dis cusses
- dis cussing
- dis-cuss
- dis-cussed
- dis-cusses
- dis-cussing
- ex cite
- ex cited
- ex cites
- ex citing
- ex-cite
- ex-cited
- ex-cites
- feel out
- feel up
- feeling up
- feels out
- feels up
- felt out
- felt up
- gat involved in
- gat to
- get involved in
- get through to
- get to
- gets involved in
- gets to
- getting involved in
- getting through to
- getting to
- got involved in
- got through to
- got to
- gotten involved in
- gotten through to
- gotten to
- held a candle to
- held candle to
- hold a candle to
- hold candle to
- holding a candle to
- holding candle to
- holds a candle to
- holds candle to
- impinge up on
- impinge upon
- impinged up on
- impinged upon
- impinges up on
- impinges upon
- impinging up on
- impinging upon
- in spect
- in spects
- in spire
- in spired
- in spires
- in spiring
- in-spect
- in-spects
- in-spire
- in-spired
- in-spires
- in-spiring
- is a match for
- is a par
- is a party to
- is associated with
- is contact
- is in contact
- is in same league
- is in the same league
- is match for
- is on a par
- is on par
- is par
- is party to
- is same league
- is the same league
- laid a finger on
- laid finger on
- lay a finger on
- lay finger on
- laying a finger on
- laying finger on
- lays a finger on
- lays finger on
- made an impression
- made impression
- make an impression
- make impression
- makes impression
- making an impression
- making impression
- measure up
- measured up
- measures up
- measuring up
- palm
- palms
- partake of
- partaking of
- partook of
- percusses
- pertain to
- pertained to
- pertaining to
- pertains to
- pro bed
- pro-bed
- re ached
- re aching
- re-ached
- re-aching
- refer to
- referred to
- referring to
- refers to
- spake of
- speak of
- speaking of
- spoke of
- strike a chord
- strikes chord
- striking a chord
- strook a chord
- strook chord
- struck a chord
- thumbed
- thumbs
- touching
- tug at the heart
- tug heart
- tug the heart
- tugged at heart
- tugged heart
- tugged the heart
- tugging at heart
- tugging at the heart
- tugging heart
- tugs at heart
- tugs at the heart
- tugs heart
- up set
- up sets
- up setting
- up-set
- up-sets
- up-setting
- verge on
- verged on
- verges on
- verging on
- was a match for
- was a party to
- was associated with
- was contact
- was in contact
- was in same league
- was in the same league
- was on par
- was par
- was party to
- was same league
- was the same league
- wast a match for
- wast a par
- wast a party to
- wast associated with
- wast contact
- wast in contact
- wast in same league
- wast in the same league
- wast match for
- wast on a par
- wast on par
- wast par
- wast party to
- wast same league
- wast the same league
- were a match for
- were a par
- were associated with
- were contact
- were in contact
- were in same league
- were match for
- were on a par
- were par
- were same league
- wert a match for
- wert a par
- wert a party to
- wert associated with
- wert contact
- wert in contact
- wert in same league
- wert in the same league
- wert on a par
- wert on par
- wert par
- wert party to
- wert same league
- wert the same league

Usage examples for Cower

He laughed aloud as he saw her shrink and cower away in her abasement for very shame.

"One Maid's Mischief"

George Manville Fenn

It was astounding to think that not a single German stayed up there out of all these who had held it yesterday, unless some poor wounded devils still cower in the deep tunnels which pierce the hill-side.

"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"

Philip Gibbs

So will you see a young she-panther wince and cower from her tamer's whip.

"Hetty Wesley"

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Famous quotes with Cower

Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.

John Doolittle
Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.

John Andrew Holmes
After ten years he has finally let free a wrath that would cower Satan himself. How can any man possibly calm the fury he feels towards his persecutors.

Mark Waid
Souls there are that for soulâ€™s affright Bow down and cower in the sunâ€™s glad sight, Clothed round with faith that is one with fear, And dark with doubt of the live worldâ€™s light.

Richard Francis Burton
The rabbits bow before thee, And cower in the straw; The chickens are submissive, And own thy will for law; Bullfinches and canary Thy bidding do obey; And e'en the tortoise in its shell Doth never say thee nay.

Lewis Carroll

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