What is another word for pansy?

Pronunciation: [pˈanzi] (IPA)

Pansy, a delicate garden flower known for its velvety petals and vibrant colors, can also be used as a derogatory term to describe a timid or weak-willed person. However, there are plenty of other synonyms available to describe individuals who possess these characteristics. Some alternative words that could be used to replace pansy include: softie, pushover, whimp, milksop, wimp, weakling, spineless, timid, and meek. Each of these words has a slightly different connotation but all imply a lack of strength or assertiveness. It is important to remember that while words have power, they should be chosen wisely and used with compassion and understanding.

Synonyms for Pansy:

What are the hypernyms for Pansy?

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

What are the hyponyms for Pansy?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for pansy (as nouns)

Usage examples for Pansy

Now Field was not particularly fond of flowers, and if he had a favorite, it was the rose, the pansy, or the violet.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
Thus one may say, "I am a rose"; another, "I am a pansy."
"Entertaining Made Easy"
Emily Rose Burt
Burnett Minor always wanted to read it herself-"it" usually being one of the sublimer passages from the current number of the "pansy Library" or an especially choice one from an office-boys' periodical.
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions

Famous quotes with Pansy

  • How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think there's a supreme power behind all of this. I see it in nature.
    Clyde Tombaugh
  • What flowers are these? The pansy this. Oh, that's for lover's thoughts.
    George Chapman
  • Throw hither all your quaint enamell'd eyes That on the green turf suck the honied showers, And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freakt with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attir'd woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears.
    John Milton

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