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Pronunciation:
[ kˈɔ͡ɪ], [ kˈɔɪ], [ k_ˈɔɪ]
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Similar words for coy:
- all (adjective)
- bashful (adjective)
- coquettish (adjective)
- demure (adjective)
- diffident (adjective)
- flirtatious (adjective)
- kittenish (adjective)
- modest (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- retiring (adjective)
- self-effacing (adjective)
- shrinking (adjective)
- shy (adjective)
- timid (adjective)
- coy (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Coy:
adj.
• all (adjective)- coy.
- more blushful,
- most verecund,
- Verecund,
- re coiling,
- more recoiling,
- more unassertive,
- over modest,
- re-served,
- re-coiling,
- more overmodest,
- most overmodest,
- more verecund,
- timorous,
- un assertive,
- un-assertive,
- more nervous,
- selfconscious,
- self conscious,
- self-conscious,
- most unassertive,
- most recoiling,
- most blushful,
- re served.
- de-mure,
- more unassured,
- de mure,
- most unassured,
- prudish,
- un-assured,
- unassuming,
- un-assuming,
- un assured,
- un assuming,
- strait laced.
- most flinching,
- most blenching,
- most unpoised,
- more rabbity,
- un sure,
- with-drawn,
- un obtrusive,
- un-obtrusive,
- Unpoised,
- more unpoised,
- with drawn,
- most rabbity,
- un-sure,
- in securer,
- in-securer,
- in secure,
- dis trustful,
- dis-trustful,
- un-poised,
- more flinching,
- in-secure,
- in securest,
- more blenching,
- un poised,
- in-securest.
- more come-on,
- more comeon,
- spoonier,
- spooniest,
- comehither,
- most come-on,
- more come on,
- most dallying,
- more dallying,
- most come on,
- most comeon,
- sportive,
- most sportive.
- selfless,
- undemonstrative,
- unpretending,
- unselfish,
- Unboastful,
- unobtrusive,
- meek,
- humble,
- unpresuming,
- reserved.
- overmodest,
- retiring,
- modest,
- unexpansive,
- shy,
- come hither,
- demure,
- not forward,
- rabbity,
- nongregarious,
- blushful,
- unassured,
- diffident,
- non-gregarious,
- uneffusive,
- comeon,
- unassertive,
- Spoony,
- timid,
- bashful,
- Unaffable,
- flirty,
- over-modest,
- unsocial,
- uneager,
- coquettish.
- recessive,
- more reclusive,
- more unexpansive,
- most unexpansive,
- re-strained,
- un-expansive,
- un affable,
- un-sociable,
- re strained,
- un-affable,
- re-tiring,
- more unaffable,
- more nongregarious,
- most nongregarious,
- most unaffable,
- non gregarious,
- un expansive,
- re tiring.
- in disposed,
- un eager,
- dis-inclined,
- un responsive,
- more uneager,
- more uneffusive,
- un effusive,
- un-eager,
- un willing,
- more introvert,
- most uneager,
- more unsocial,
- dis inclined,
- un-social,
- un-willing,
- in-disposed,
- un-responsive,
- un-effusive,
- introvert,
- most unsocial,
- most uneffusive,
- most introvert,
- un social.
- most bullied,
- most browbeaten,
- most cowering,
- more unnerved,
- most trembling,
- having cold feet,
- most daunted,
- most unnerved,
- unnerved,
- most badgered,
- un-nerved,
- most cowed,
- un nerved,
- more browbeaten,
- more cowering,
- more badgered,
- co wed,
- co-wed,
- sub missive,
- more trembling,
- more cowed,
- more bullied,
- more milquetoast,
- most milquetoast,
- more daunted.
n.
• coy (noun)Other synonyms:
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•
- sex-.
- enticement,
- cagey,
- victimize,
- mouth,
- red-faced,
- arrogate,
- disjointed,
- wicked,
- kickshaw,
- contain,
- refractory,
- tame,
- cling,
- lend oneself,
- pleader,
- blarney,
- take up,
- neural,
- cheat on,
- fractious,
- crybaby,
- provisional,
- appeal,
- merry,
- patronizing,
- advise,
- chimneysweep,
- tap,
- curve,
- stirred,
- baffled,
- upstage,
- guess,
- tare,
- rosy,
- invite out,
- mild,
- lust,
- private,
- employ,
- small,
- bent,
- panic-stricken,
- take for granted,
- frightening,
- scandalmongering,
- frightful,
- drag,
- wheedle,
- brim,
- impress,
- utilise,
- archway,
- hook,
- magnetize,
- acquire,
- mystic,
- half-wit,
- fitting,
- implike,
- blackguardly,
- counselling,
- mouse-colored,
- dissembling,
- unsafe,
- chicane,
- consider,
- wonky,
- guardedly,
- touch on,
- base,
- pretext,
- recessive allele,
- offish,
- medium,
- recluse,
- pixilated,
- implement,
- get in,
- use,
- allure,
- diddle,
- introspective,
- wimp,
- vile,
- helpless,
- bluff out,
- spellbind,
- rickety,
- garbled,
- chisel,
- hidden,
- zippy,
- pseud,
- remote,
- draw,
- eyelid,
- conservatively,
- trepidly,
- demand,
- panicked,
- move in,
- hugger-mugger,
- aim,
- guidance,
- in private,
- unmanly,
- awful,
- expanse,
- disoriented,
- sass,
- snot,
- yellowish,
- rip off,
- suck in,
- curl,
- inept,
- simplicity,
- arc,
- fearsome,
- mesmerize,
- chickenhearted,
- unsettled,
- grip,
- noisome,
- profess,
- illogical,
- underground,
- puckish,
- chapeau,
- rollicking,
- ticklish,
- shop,
- in camera,
- adopt,
- whimsical,
- pretence,
- guilty,
- back,
- namby-pamby,
- hazard,
- stealthy,
- faint,
- fainthearted,
- springy,
- delight,
- terrible,
- influence,
- panicky,
- worried,
- decoy,
- tempting,
- recessionary,
- mixed-up,
- right,
- skillful,
- put-on,
- frisky,
- yellowed,
- straitlaced,
- enrapture,
- bear,
- spanking,
- romance,
- at sea,
- frail,
- bunglesome,
- privateness,
- embroil,
- enthrall,
- raw,
- anon.,
- unconnected,
- skeletal frame,
- postulate,
- goldbrick,
- courteous,
- quiet,
- tender,
- hangdog,
- ask out,
- mysterious,
- magnetise,
- jockey,
- exquisite,
- drift,
- sick,
- pretender,
- closed book,
- panic-struck,
- prissy,
- loth,
- privy,
- preceding,
- chagrin,
- sweep oar,
- season,
- trepid,
- straightlaced,
- urbane,
- set up,
- cloistered,
- bemused,
- snappy,
- racy,
- enamour,
- four flush,
- chair,
- incisive,
- spiritless,
- sassing,
- move,
- backstairs,
- sheer,
- poulet,
- sickening,
- small-scale,
- sensible,
- utilize,
- skeletal system,
- go for,
- junior-grade,
- charm,
- trust,
- enquire,
- rat,
- hold,
- arcanum,
- itchy,
- hermitical,
- rattling,
- sticky,
- humiliate,
- mortified,
- chagrined,
- lead astray,
- sanctum sanctorum,
- horrific,
- chasteness,
- court,
- minor,
- straight-laced,
- nauseated,
- retract,
- give ear,
- make,
- witch,
- indisposed,
- impulsive,
- bait,
- inner,
- understated,
- clumsy,
- rearwards,
- exacting,
- hoax,
- bouncy,
- deception,
- knifelike,
- put on,
- orphic,
- idiot,
- processed,
- strike,
- cagy,
- accost,
- embarrassing,
- delicacy,
- glamour,
- lead,
- bearded darnel,
- hoodwink,
- counselor,
- sequestered,
- humiliated,
- holy,
- alert,
- graceful,
- unavowed,
- unnatural,
- cloak-and-dagger,
- spirit,
- end run,
- frightfully,
- rearward,
- presume,
- secondary,
- tell on,
- spiritualist,
- gracious,
- changeable,
- give,
- direful,
- rig,
- moved,
- sensationalistic,
- acute,
- tangle,
- wing,
- surreptitious,
- counselor-at-law,
- polished,
- unenviable,
- mountebank,
- faker,
- jinx,
- properly,
- mulct,
- mystery,
- frolicky,
- involve,
- fraudulence,
- antipathetic,
- deceit,
- wear,
- ill-chosen,
- cheating,
- back talk,
- pocket-size,
- offstage,
- probationary,
- purpose,
- hang up,
- make believe,
- unquiet,
- abase,
- underframe,
- pretense,
- wobbly,
- ungainly,
- pull in,
- role player,
- bunco,
- fragile,
- inquire,
- sail,
- elfish,
- cuckold,
- trap,
- shrinkage,
- wishy-washy,
- becharm,
- abysmally,
- mince,
- antipathetical,
- pseudo,
- require,
- upset,
- dire,
- mollify,
- brisk,
- flighty,
- screw,
- curl up,
- catch,
- palaver,
- coaxial cable,
- wander,
- mouselike,
- recreant,
- sickish,
- abominably,
- secluded,
- rascally,
- mystical,
- unsatisfied,
- feebleminded,
- backtalk,
- subaltern,
- cross,
- pocket-sized,
- untalkative,
- chouse,
- simulate,
- hunger,
- shit,
- shivering,
- traverse,
- freakish,
- quavering,
- starve,
- xanthous,
- broken,
- snare,
- piercing,
- transfix,
- resilient,
- precarious,
- transport,
- indrawn,
- yellowness,
- silence,
- cautious,
- puritan,
- privacy,
- devilish,
- prim,
- keen,
- constraint,
- half-witted,
- bear on,
- nobble,
- thirst,
- beguiler,
- undercover,
- backstair,
- tone down,
- imbecile,
- intimate,
- frame,
- pay heed,
- enigma,
- take out,
- shaft,
- get into,
- scoundrelly,
- fake,
- satisfactory,
- clandestine,
- direction,
- doomed,
- uneasy,
- coltish,
- seize,
- moderationist,
- guarded,
- sweep up,
- chess,
- drag in,
- offensive,
- wave,
- treat,
- knack,
- dissemble,
- invite,
- coax cable,
- white-livered,
- enforce,
- confounded,
- low,
- grass,
- inside,
- goody,
- trance,
- acceptable,
- hermitic,
- patronising,
- unsealed,
- namelessness,
- backwards,
- take,
- sharp,
- poltroon,
- moron,
- close in,
- spineless,
- take over,
- vital,
- nonsocial,
- spooky,
- frolicsome,
- short-change,
- lead on,
- eremitical,
- sneak,
- enthral,
- come-on,
- provisionary,
- romantic,
- abashed,
- occult,
- sweetener,
- poor-spirited,
- solitary,
- accept,
- swindle,
- cheater,
- hat,
- chimneysweeper,
- middle of the roader,
- invaginate,
- curb,
- fussy,
- antsy,
- intent,
- mesmerise,
- span,
- trembling,
- scattered,
- puritanical,
- palpebra,
- slow-witted,
- comely,
- imposter,
- con,
- darnel,
- shamed,
- mazed,
- discreet,
- necessitate,
- strait-laced,
- make-believe,
- preoccupied,
- sweet-talk,
- missed,
- menial,
- rim,
- tight-laced,
- snob,
- priggish,
- dread,
- anxious,
- scam,
- decently,
- think,
- hesitating,
- picky,
- hex,
- temper,
- humbug,
- sneaky,
- stag,
- incertain,
- simpleness,
- holy place,
- check,
- soft,
- hold in,
- flow,
- cajole,
- anchoritic,
- lower-ranking,
- self-aware,
- atrociously,
- retard,
- advert,
- regard,
- usurp,
- slicker,
- score,
- drop,
- capture,
- call for,
- horribly,
- elfin,
- snoot,
- volaille,
- petty,
- rook,
- snitch,
- trammel,
- terribly,
- square-toed,
- cumbersome,
- swing out,
- temperate,
- counseling,
- act,
- ungratified,
- bear upon,
- bold,
- altruistic,
- swing,
- centrist,
- venture,
- mortify,
- finespun,
- bewildered,
- advocate,
- aflutter,
- dreaded,
- bewray,
- pull,
- avowed,
- impact,
- brush,
- prankish,
- sham,
- unemotional,
- skeleton in the cupboard,
- disordered,
- sell,
- past,
- dreadful,
- nauseating,
- touchy,
- witting,
- hornswoggle,
- carefully,
- baseborn,
- entrance,
- fail,
- live,
- befuddled,
- enamor,
- beguiling,
- give away,
- ravish,
- cozen,
- overnice,
- string up,
- attend,
- expect,
- cretin,
- loathsome,
- dupery,
- condescending,
- rottenly,
- nauseous,
- sore,
- secretiveness,
- disconnected,
- penetrative,
- slam,
- sheeplike,
- fretful,
- horrendous,
- trickster,
- fall,
- intrigue,
- penetrating,
- counsellor,
- don,
- control,
- becoming,
- concealment,
- need,
- shammer,
- hush-hush,
- elegant,
- take on,
- terrified,
- confidential,
- hole-and-corner,
- practice,
- juggle,
- touch,
- unarticulate,
- deceiver,
- blate,
- self-examining,
- particular,
- skeleton in the closet,
- denounce,
- conceive,
- doubtful,
- dreadfully,
- jaundiced,
- propose,
- inapt,
- broom,
- soften,
- touched.
- delicate,
- alluring,
- evasive,
- vampish,
- beckon,
- refined,
- defraud,
- seemly,
- tempt,
- awkwardly,
- unsure,
- uneasily,
- prig,
- seduce,
- discriminating,
- nervously,
- restless,
- Chicken-hearted,
- enchant,
- tensely,
- sheepishly,
- ashamed,
- Puristic,
- unsociable,
- awkward,
- queasy,
- recalcitrant,
- removed,
- amatory,
- shaky,
- conscious,
- lowly,
- shyly,
- beg,
- finical,
- inveigle,
- moderate,
- capricious,
- sheepish,
- stammering,
- implore,
- unwilling,
- scared,
- apply,
- coyly,
- chaste,
- Shamefast,
- solicit,
- confused,
- amative,
- cheat,
- hesitantly,
- pusillanimous,
- entrap,
- beguile,
- betray,
- nervous,
- decent,
- cautiously,
- lure,
- amorous,
- fidgety,
- diffidently,
- caressive,
- uncomfortable,
- aloof,
- mousey,
- irresolutely,
- fascinate,
- unostentatious,
- standoffish,
- averse,
- craven,
- affected,
- deceive,
- sexual,
- apprehensively,
- mousy,
- seductive,
- hang,
- afraid,
- restrained,
- arch,
- timidly,
- unpretentious,
- decorous,
- apprehensive,
- shamefaced,
- playful,
- reticent,
- lily-livered,
- dangle,
- attract,
- anxiously,
- fearfully,
- fastidious,
- bewitch,
- distant,
- bashfully,
- yellow-bellied,
- prude,
- nice,
- tremulous,
- reclusive,
- eremitic,
- chary,
- embarrassedly,
- woo,
- coax,
- yellow,
- chicken-livered,
- draw in,
- chicken,
- unconfident,
- squeamish,
- provocative,
- reluctant,
- inarticulate,
- crave,
- cowardly,
- come-hither,
- dainty,
- withdrawing,
- withdrawn,
- lively,
- delude,
- skittish,
- awfully,
- philandering,
- shrinking,
- finicky,
- loath,
- modestly,
- enticing,
- blushing,
- discerning,
- victorian,
- ashamedly,
- roguish,
- mischievous,
- faint-hearted,
- hesitatingly,
- ask,
- gutless,
- shamefacedly,
- embarrassed,
- introverted,
- pretend,
- pray,
- timorously,
- hesitant,
- fearful,
- ensnare,
- frightened,
- entice,
- sensitive,
- edgily,
- captivate,
- proper.
How to use "Coy" in context?
The word "coy" has two primary meanings. The first is to be interested in something or someone rather narrowly, without showing any overt signs. The second is to be unassuming or hesitant in one's behavior or appearance. In both cases, the adjective "coy" can serve as a descriptor for someone who is not particularly forthcoming or open.
Given the restrictions on what can be discussed in polite company, it's not surprising that "coy" is often used as a euphemism for " secretive " or " shy.
Paraphrases for Coy:
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Independent
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Adjective
elusive, modest, Half-hearted.
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Adjective
bashful, self-conscious, shy, timid.
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Homophones for Coy:
- chassis, cow, coho, ciao, caw, cachou, causeway, coss, cycas, caucus, cis, choosey, ccc, cheek, cheesy, cook, cisc, cock, cough, chichewa, couscous, coccyzus, caucasus, cacique, coo, CSIS, cozie, cash cow, cgs, chow, choosy, choo-choo, Chicha, cuisse, chaja, choke, cuzco, chukka, ce, cagey, chiococca, coco, causa, cay, chase, chough, cow oak, cog, chachka, chock, choc-ice, cuckoo, cage, chuck, chagga, chicago, cxxx, cache, cayuga, chios, choice, cheese sauce, coigue, cheesecake, cusco, chokey, cia, czech, cissy, cox, ci, chowchow, cowhouse, cheeky, cosy, cachi, chasse, chew, coach, cause, cuscus, cohoe, cha-cha-cha, co, Coye, cu, cosey, chewa, Cossack, cx, chou, coke, chickasaw, chouse, cox-1, Chukaku-Ha, chico, cush-cush, coax, cs, caseous, cows, chewy, ca, cacao, chick, coach house, cooky, chic, cayuse, cue, cock's eggs, chihuahua, cha-cha, cocky, cassius, cos, chigoe, cozey, cxx, cocus, cookie, cosec, check, cheque, coccus, coccyx, cox-2, C2H6, cisco, ceo, cachexia, cocos, chaga, choky, Coosa, C, caucasic, cask, cuke, c.e., cowage, cease, chichi, chow chow, ch'i, cassie, cacicus, chi, cushy, cuss, cozy, cheese, cagy, cake, cc, cassia, cio, casque, chukchi sea, cushaw, cocoa, cooke, CSE, cash, choose, chukchi, cosh, cashew, cazique, cacajao, coca, cassock, choc, case, couch, cusk, cohosh, cochise, CS gas, chess, cookhouse, chase away, cachexy, caucasia, coxa, chaise, cocci, chaw, chug, CO2, chaos.
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