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.