1. Large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colours
   "The garden bed was filled with pansies in purple and yellow";
   - Viola tricolor hortensis
    
2. [informal] A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
   "Don't be such a pansy, it's just a tiny spider";
   - sissy [informal], pantywaist [N. Amer, informal], milksop [informal], Milquetoast [N. Amer, informal], cissy [Brit, informal]
    
3. [informal] A homosexual man
   "before he came out he'd never been called a pansy";
   - gay man, gay, fagot [N. Amer, informal], faggot [informal], fag [informal], fairy [informal], queen [informal], poof [informal], pouf [informal]
    
4. [offensive] An effeminate man
   "he's such a pansy";

Derived forms: pansies

Type of: adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], chicken [informal], coward, gay, geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], homophile [archaic], homosexual, man, sod [informal], viola

Encyclopedia: Pansy, Missouri