Synonyms for Paper tiger:

• adj.

  • cowardly
  • Chicken-hearted
  ,
  • Cowhearted
  ,
  • having the willies
  ,
  • lacking courage
  ,
  • no guts
  ,
  • pigeonhearted
  ,
  • running scared
  ,
  • yellow-bellied
  ,
  • shrinking
  ,
  • softer
  ,
  • timorous
  ,
  • weak-kneed
  .
  • fearful
  • cowardly
  .
  • impotent
  • Infecund
  ,
  • forceless
  ,
  • in firm
  ,
  • enervated
  ,
  • helpless
  ,
  • impotent
  ,
  • incapable
  ,
  • ineffective
  ,
  • sterile
  .

• n.

  • attribute
  • paper tiger
  .
  • powerless person or group
  • empty suit
  ,
  • hollow man
  ,
  • man of straw
  ,
  • petty tyrant
  .

• Other synonyms:

•
• lackey
,
• softie
,
• weakling
,
• yes-man
.
•
• chameleon
,
• creampuff
,
• doormat
,
• lapdog
,
• puppet
,
• wiener
.
•
• pygmy
.
•
• child
,
• worm
,
• zero
.
•
• weed
.

• Other relevant words:

• Other relevant words (noun):
• impotence
,
• impotency
,
• little tin god
,
• powerlessness
,
• straw man
,
• tin god
.

What are the hypernyms for Paper tiger?

• Other hypernyms:

  idiom, metaphor, symbol, figurative entity.

What are the hyponyms for Paper tiger?

• hyponyms for paper tiger (as nouns)

  • attribute
    impotence, powerlessness, impotency.