'Milquetoast' definitions:
Definition of 'Milquetoast'
(from WordNet)
noun
A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast]
Definition of 'Milquetoast'
From: GCIDE
- Milquetoast \Milquetoast\ n. [From Caspar Milquetoast, a character in a cartoon strip by H. T. Webster, The Timid Soul (1935).] a timid, unassertive man or boy fearful of confrontation and easily manipulated and dominated.
- Syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'Milquetoast'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baby,
- big baby,
- chicken,
- chicken liver,
- coward,
- crybaby,
- doormat,
- dull tool,
- fence-sitter,
- fraid-cat,
- fraidy-cat,
- funk,
- funker,
- gutless wonder,
- invertebrate,
- jellyfish,
- lightweight,
- lily liver,
- meek soul,
- milksop,
- mollycoddle,
- mouse,
- mugwump,
- namby-pamby,
- nebbish,
- nonentity,
- pansy,
- pantywaist,
- pushover,
- sad sack,
- scaredy-cat,
- shilly-shally,
- sissy,
- softling,
- softy,
- sop,
- waverer,
- weak sister,
- weakling,
- white feather,
- white liver,
- wobbler