Similar words
lâche
poltron is more literary or intense; lâche is the everyday word, which also separately means "loose, slack" — both mean "cowardly."
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
covarde
covarde is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "cowardly."
Practice
1 What does poltron mean?
cowardly
2 Fill the gap: Il se montre ___ face au danger.
Full sentence: Il se montre poltron face au danger. (He proves cowardly in the face of danger.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches poltron?
poltron: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, negative connotation.