What are the opposite words for timid?
The antonyms for the word "timid" are bold, confident, fearless, courageous, audacious, adventurous, daring, intrepid, and brave. These words reflect the opposite qualities of being timid, which is characterized by fearfulness, shyness, hesitation, and a lack of assertiveness. Being bold means having the courage to take risks and make decisions with conviction. Confidence comes from self-assurance and a belief in one's abilities. Fearlessness entails a lack of fear or inhibition, whereas courage involves facing fear and adversity. Audacity suggests boldness combined with strong opinions. Adventure and daring require a willingness to take on new challenges, while intrepid and brave reflect a willingness to face danger and stand up for what one believes in.
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- aggressive
- rash
- game
- flagrant
- brave
- resolute
- manly
- reckless
- adventurous
- assured
- audacious
- bold
- brash
- confident
- daring
- egocentric
- egotistical
- enterprising
- fearless
- feisty
- forward
- gutsy
- macho
- nervy
- overweight
- precipitant
- self-assured
- self-confident
- shameless
- shy
- spirited
- spunky
- arrogant
- assertive
- brazen
- cocky
- conceited
- desperate
- foolhardy
- frank
- haughty
- heroic
- impudent
- intrepid
- masculine
- officious
- smart
- stalwart
- stout
- unflinching
- all
- daring, risk-taking
- having exaggerated self-opinion
- reckless, daring
- impulsive, brazen
- brash, unashamed
- valiant
- certain, assured
- brave, bold
- determined, strong-willed
- reckless, outrageous
- thinking very highly of oneself
- resourceful, energetic
- spirited; touchy
- flaunting, blatant; without shame
- impetuous, rash
- advancing, early
- completely honest
- brave, splendid
- brave, willing
- bold, brave
- brave, champion
- egotistic/egoistic
- brave, nervy
- careless, impulsive
- brisk, lively
- lively, vivacious
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- aggressive
-
rash
- overhasty,
- precipitant,
- Insuppressible,
- illconsidered,
- in judicious,
- in suppressible,
- in-judicious,
- in-suppressible,
- jumping conclusions,
- more insuppressible,
- most insuppressible,
- over hasty,
- over-hasty,
- un guarded,
- un thinking,
- un warier,
- un wariest,
- un wary,
- un-guarded,
- un-thinking,
- un-wariest,
- un-wary.
- game
-
flagrant
- undisguised,
- bare-faced,
- bare faced,
- dis graceful,
- dis-graceful,
- flagitous,
- grodier,
- grody,
- in famous,
- more bare faced,
- more bare-faced,
- more flagitous,
- more undisguised,
- most bare faced,
- most bare-faced,
- most flagitous,
- most undisguised,
- out and out,
- stick out like sore thumb,
- un disguised,
- un-disguised.
-
brave
- bold,
- hardy,
- plucky,
- reckless,
- stalwart,
- undismayed,
- valiant,
- Undauntable,
- chin up,
- Unblenching,
- Unfearful,
- chin-up,
- chinup,
- herolike,
- more chin up,
- more chin-up,
- more chinup,
- more herolike,
- more unblenching,
- more undauntable,
- more undismayed,
- more unfearful,
- most chin up,
- most chin-up,
- most chinup,
- most herolike,
- most unblenching,
- most undauntable,
- most undismayed,
- most unfearful,
- un abashed,
- un blenching,
- un dismayed,
- un fearful,
- un-abashed,
- un-blenching,
- un-dismayed,
- un-fearful.
-
resolute
- unflinching,
- dead set on,
- in flexible,
- in-flexible,
- intent up on,
- intent upon,
- more persisting,
- more resolved,
- most resolved,
- re solute,
- re-solute,
- re-solved,
- un bending,
- un changing,
- un compromising,
- un faltering,
- un shaken,
- un wavering,
- un yielding,
- un-bending,
- un-changing,
- un-compromising,
- un-faltering,
- un-flagging,
- un-shakable,
- un-shaken,
- un-wavering,
- un-yielding.
-
manly
- colter,
- jockstrap,
- beefcake,
- Stout-hearted,
- Heman,
- two-fisted,
- well-built,
- coltest,
- he man,
- hunkest,
- jockest,
- more beefcake,
- more jockstrap,
- more stout hearted,
- more stout-hearted,
- more two fisted,
- more two-fisted,
- more twofisted,
- more well built,
- more well-built,
- more wellbuilt,
- most jockstrap,
- most stout hearted,
- most stout-hearted,
- most tiger,
- most two fisted,
- most two-fisted,
- most twofisted,
- most well built,
- most well-built,
- most wellbuilt,
- studder,
- studdest,
- two fisted,
- twofisted,
- well built,
- wellbuilt.
- reckless
- adventurous
- assured
- audacious
- bold
- brash
- confident
- daring
-
egocentric
- megalomaniac,
- self-centered,
- self-loving,
- Self-interested,
- self-concerned,
- wrapped up in oneself,
- more individualist,
- more megalomaniac,
- more self concerned,
- more self interested,
- more self loving,
- more self-concerned,
- more self-interested,
- more self-loving,
- more selfconcerned,
- more selfinterested,
- more selfloving,
- most individualist,
- most megalomaniac,
- most self concerned,
- most self interested,
- most self loving,
- most self-concerned,
- most self-interested,
- most self-loving,
- most selfconcerned,
- most selfinterested,
- most selfloving,
- self absorbed,
- self centered,
- self concerned,
- self indulgent,
- self interested,
- self loving,
- self serving,
- selfabsorbed,
- selfcentered,
- selfconcerned,
- selfindulgent,
- selfinterested,
- selfloving,
- selfserving,
- stuckup,
- wrapped in oneself,
- wrapped oneself,
- wrapped up oneself.
- egotistical
-
enterprising
- gumptious,
- take over,
- go-go,
- go go,
- goahead,
- more advancing,
- more go go,
- more go-go,
- more gumptious,
- more itching,
- more lusting,
- more self starting,
- more self-starting,
- more selfstarting,
- more take over,
- more takeover,
- more yearning,
- most advancing,
- most craving,
- most go go,
- most go-go,
- most gogo,
- most gumptious,
- most itching,
- most lusting,
- most self-starting,
- most selfstarting,
- most take over,
- most take-over,
- most takeover,
- most yearning,
- self starting,
- selfstarting,
- up and coming.
- fearless
- feisty
-
forward
- facial,
- forward-looking,
- in advance,
- propulsive,
- ventral,
- well-developed,
- fore most,
- fore-most,
- forer,
- forwardlooking,
- more ahead,
- more facial,
- more forth,
- more forward looking,
- more forward-looking,
- more forwardlooking,
- more overassertive,
- more progressing,
- more propulsive,
- more ventral,
- more well developed,
- more well-developed,
- more welldeveloped,
- most ahead,
- most forward looking,
- most forwardlooking,
- most overassertive,
- most progressing,
- most ventral,
- most well developed,
- most well-developed,
- most welldeveloped,
- over assertive,
- over-assertive,
- overassertive,
- pre mature,
- pre maturer,
- pre maturest,
- pre-maturer,
- well developed.
- gutsy
- macho
- nervy
- overweight
- precipitant
- self-assured
- self-confident
- shameless
- shy
- spirited
- spunky
-
arrogant
- haughty,
- sniffy,
- highhanded,
- coldshoulder,
- biggety,
- Over-bearing,
- cold-shoulder,
- high handed,
- high mighty,
- in solent,
- in-solent,
- know it all,
- more biggety,
- more bragging,
- more cold shoulder,
- more cold-shoulder,
- more coldshoulder,
- more know it all,
- more know-it-all,
- more swaggering,
- most biggety,
- most bragging,
- most cold shoulder,
- most cold-shoulder,
- most coldshoulder,
- most know it all,
- most know-it-all,
- most swaggering,
- on an ego trip,
- on ego trip,
- over bearing,
- pre sumptuous,
- self important,
- smartier,
- smartiest,
- sniffier,
- sniffiest,
- stuck up,
- up pity,
- up-pity.
- assertive
- brazen
- cocky
-
conceited
- hot stuff,
- loudmouth,
- overweening,
- swollen-headed,
- full of hot air,
- over-weening,
- big talking,
- conceity,
- full hot air,
- galler,
- gallest,
- hamer,
- hamest,
- more conceity,
- more loudmouth,
- more swollen headed,
- more swollen-headed,
- more swollenheaded,
- more windbag,
- most conceity,
- most loudmouth,
- most swollen headed,
- most swollen-headed,
- most swollenheaded,
- most windbag,
- over weening,
- swollen headed,
- swollenheaded.
- desperate
- foolhardy
-
frank
- lay on the line,
- matter of fact,
- heart-to-heart,
- saying what one thinks,
- lay it on the line,
- call a spade a spade,
- call a spade spade,
- call spade a spade,
- call spade spade,
- flatout,
- from the hip,
- lay it on line,
- lay it the line,
- lay line,
- lay on line,
- like is,
- more flat out,
- more flat-out,
- more flatout,
- more heart to heart,
- more heart-to-heart,
- most flat out,
- most flat-out,
- most flatout,
- most heart to heart,
- most heart-to-heart,
- most plain spoken,
- most plain-spoken,
- out right,
- out righter,
- out rightest,
- out spoken,
- out-right,
- out-righter,
- out-spoken,
- plain spoken,
- saying what thinks,
- trans parent,
- trans-parent,
- un concealed,
- un inhibited,
- un restricted,
- un-concealed,
- un-inhibited,
- un-reserved,
- un-restricted.
- haughty
- heroic
- impudent
- intrepid
- masculine
- officious
- smart
- stalwart
- stout
- unflinching
-
all
- bold.
- daring, risk-taking
- having exaggerated self-opinion
- reckless, daring
- impulsive, brazen
- brash, unashamed
- valiant
- certain, assured
- brave, bold
- determined, strong-willed
- reckless, outrageous
- thinking very highly of oneself
- resourceful, energetic
- spirited; touchy
- flaunting, blatant; without shame
- impetuous, rash
- advancing, early
- completely honest
- brave, splendid
-
brave, willing
- game.
- bold, brave
- brave, champion
-
egotistic/egoistic
- opinionated,
- personal,
- self-admiring,
- inner-directed,
- stuck on oneself,
- inner directed,
- innerdirected,
- more boasting,
- more inner directed,
- more inner-directed,
- more innerdirected,
- more obsessive,
- more self admiring,
- more self-admiring,
- more selfadmiring,
- most boasting,
- most inner directed,
- most inner-directed,
- most innerdirected,
- most obsessive,
- most self admiring,
- most self-admiring,
- most selfadmiring,
- self admiring,
- selfadmiring,
- stuck oneself.
- brave, nervy
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careless, impulsive
- rash.
- brisk, lively
- lively, vivacious
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Other relevant words
- overreaching,
- vaulting,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- clear,
- conspicuous,
- determined,
- energetic,
- firm,
- fresh,
- game,
- hearty,
- intrepid,
- mettlesome,
- nervy,
- plucky,
- resolute,
- spirited,
- spunky,
- strong,
- sturdy,
- temerarious,
- undeterred,
- unflinching,
- unswerving,
- vigorous.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
doth to a turn
- Antonyms:
- abstain, avoid, bear.
