It can be a coward. Chicken also can be used for such a person.
Villain or anti-hero.
There is no specific single word for a brave man, so the usual word used is hero.(The word stalwart is rarely used as a noun.)a coward (noun): opposite = a brave personcowardice (noun): opposite = braverycowardly (adjective): opposite = courageous
The opposite characterization of a villain is a hero.
The opposite in character, or a hero's opponent, is a villain.(e.g. in Peter Pan, Peter is the hero and Captain Hook is the villain)*(The opposite gender of a hero is a heroine.)
A suffix for the word hero is -ine, as in heroine. A heroine is the feminine version of the word hero.
The term is heroine (this should not be confused with the drug name heroin).The word hero is usually referring to a male figure, but the plural heroes may be considered gender neutral, including both males and females. The suffix -ine is used similarly to -ess to indicate specifically female gender.
hero
One choice is hero.
The opposite in character, or a hero's opponent, is a villain.(e.g. in Peter Pan, Peter is the hero and Captain Hook is the villain)*(The opposite gender of a hero is a heroine.)
The opposite (evil vs. good) would be villain. Though villainess should be the feminine, there is no such word in the English language.The opposite gender is hero.
Hero
The opposite of heroine is hero.
There is no specific single word for a brave man, so the usual word used is hero.(The word stalwart is rarely used as a noun.)a coward (noun): opposite = a brave personcowardice (noun): opposite = braverycowardly (adjective): opposite = courageous
Hero. "Antonym" means "opposite".
The opposite characterization of a villain is a hero.
Heroine
Heroine
The opposite in character, or a hero's opponent, is a villain.(e.g. in Peter Pan, Peter is the hero and Captain Hook is the villain)*(The opposite gender of a hero is a heroine.)