Synonyms for quitter

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kwit-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪt ər

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Other synonyms for the word quitter

piker

Définition of quitter

Origin : as an insult, 1881, American English, agent noun from quit (v.).

noun defeatist
noun coward

Example sentences :

"I knew he was a quitter;" the woman's companion was pessimistic.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

"A quitter will quit and a bleeder will bleed," said the Kid sententiously.
Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

It always seemed to me that it took a lot of practice to be a quitter.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The quitter can't survive where the plugger has the ghost of a chance.
Extract from : « The Clock that Had no Hands » by Herbert Kaufman

The patron saint of the successful advertiser hates a quitter.
Extract from : « The Clock that Had no Hands » by Herbert Kaufman

I may prove to be a quitter, Miss Farley, but I'd like at least to be entered for the game.
Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

Lennon was a white man, and he had proved himself not a quitter.
Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

But Tim Garvey is no quitter; at least, I've never had that name.
Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford

I've been a quitter all my life, I'll admit, but I'm going to put up my fists at the end.
Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow

Sensing this, he said grimly: "So you thought I was a quitter."
Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

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