Timid synonyms

Bashful, afraid, and apprehensive are synonyms for timid. Bold, forthcoming, and brazen are antonyms of timid. Find 46 another word for timid.

Another word for timid

  • Afraid
  • Apprehensive
  • Bashful
  • Chicken
  • Cowardly
  • Cowering
  • Coy
  • Craven
  • Cringey
  • Demure
  • Diffident
  • Easily frightened
  • Faint-hearted
  • Fearful
  • Frightened
  • Gutless
  • Humble
  • Lacking courage
  • Lily-livered
  • Meek
  • Modest
  • Nervous
  • Pigeon-hearted
  • Poor-spirited
  • Pusillanimous
  • Quaking
  • Quiet
  • Reserved
  • Reticent
  • Retiring
  • Scared
  • Self-effacing
  • Shrinking
  • Shy
  • Sissy
  • Spineless
  • Timorous
  • Trembling
  • Unassertive
  • Unassuming
  • Weak-kneed
  • Wimpish
  • Yellow-bellied
  • Yellow
  • Recreant

Timid sentences

She was a timid child.

The timid rabbit hid quickly.

He gave a timid response.

The timid kitten avoided the dog.

His timid nature makes him shy.