'Spineless' definitions:
Definition of 'spineless'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Weak in willpower, courage or vitality [syn: namby- pamby, gutless, spineless, wishy-washy]
adjective
Lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example of invertebrate animals" [syn: invertebrate, spineless] [ant: vertebrate]
adjective
adjective
Lacking thorns [syn: thornless, spineless]
Definition of 'Spineless'
From: GCIDE
- Spineless \Spine"less\, a.
- 1. Having no spine, or vertebral column. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having no thorns or barbs. [PJC]
- 3. lacking in strength of character; cowardly, in a physical or moral sense. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'spineless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abulic,
- adrift,
- afloat,
- afraid,
- alternating,
- amorphous,
- anemic,
- asthenic,
- bloodless,
- capricious,
- changeable,
- changeful,
- chicken,
- cowardly,
- craven,
- dastardly,
- debilitated,
- desultory,
- deviable,
- dizzy,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- dull,
- eccentric,
- effete,
- emasculate,
- erratic,
- etiolated,
- faint,
- fainthearted,
- faintish,
- fast and loose,
- fearful,
- feeble,
- feebleminded,
- fickle,
- fitful,
- flabby,
- flaccid,
- flickering,
- flighty,
- flitting,
- floppy,
- fluctuating,
- forceless,
- frail,
- freakish,
- giddy,
- gone,
- gutless,
- imbecile,
- impetuous,
- impotent,
- impulsive,
- inadequate,
- inconsistent,
- inconstant,
- indecisive,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- infirm,
- invertebrate,
- irregular,
- irresolute,
- irresponsible,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lily-livered,
- limber,
- limp,
- listless,
- lustless,
- marrowless,
- mazy,
- mercurial,
- moody,
- nerveless,
- pithless,
- pliable,
- pooped,
- powerless,
- pusillanimous,
- rambling,
- restless,
- roving,
- rubbery,
- sapless,
- scatterbrained,
- shapeless,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- shuffling,
- sinewless,
- slack,
- soft,
- spasmodic,
- spiritless,
- squeamish,
- strengthless,
- timid,
- timorous,
- unaccountable,
- uncertain,
- uncontrolled,
- undependable,
- undisciplined,
- unfixed,
- unhardened,
- unnerved,
- unpredictable,
- unreliable,
- unrestrained,
- unsettled,
- unstable,
- unstable as water,
- unstaid,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unstrung,
- vacillating,
- vagrant,
- variable,
- vicissitudinary,
- vicissitudinous,
- volatile,
- wandering,
- wanton,
- wavering,
- wavery,
- wavy,
- wayward,
- weak,
- weak-kneed,
- weak-minded,
- weak-willed,
- weakly,
- whimsical,
- white-livered,
- wishy-washy,
- yellow