182 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ dˈɪfɪdəns], [ dˈɪfɪdəns], [ d_ˈɪ_f_ɪ_d_ə_n_s]

Similar words for diffidence:

• coyness (noun)
• diffidence (noun)
• doubt (noun)
• feeling (noun)
• hesitancy; lack of confidence (noun)
• humbleness (noun)
• humility (noun)
• modesty (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• reserve (noun)
• shyness (noun)
• taciturnity (noun)
• uncommunicativeness (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for diffidence

Homophones for diffidence

Hypernyms for diffidence

Hyponyms for diffidence

Synonyms for Diffidence:

• n.

  •
  • restraint,
  • reticence.
  • coyness (noun)
  • kittenishnesses.
  • diffidence (noun)
  • self-distrust,
  • self-doubt.
  • doubt (noun)
  • lack of confidence,
  • waverings,
  • agnosticism,
  • Uncertainties,
  • demurral,
  • scruples,
  • scruple.
  • feeling (noun)
  • diffidence.
  • hesitancy; lack of confidence (noun)
  • insecurity,
  • bashfulness,
  • meekness,
  • mousiness,
  • sheepishness,
  • unassertiveness,
  • self-consciousness,
  • timorousness,
  • hesitation,
  • reluctance,
  • fear.
  • humbleness (noun)
  • selfeffaces,
  • self effaces,
  • self efface,
  • selfefface,
  • self-effaces.
  • humility (noun)
  • self-abnegation,
  • Non-resistance,
  • docility,
  • fawning,
  • obsequiousness,
  • unobtrusiveness,
  • lack of pride,
  • self-abasement,
  • docilities,
  • subservience,
  • subjection,
  • nonresistance.
  • modesty (noun)
  • Pruderies,
  • humbleness,
  • Lowliness,
  • innocence,
  • discreetness,
  • lack of pretension,
  • simplicity,
  • prudery.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • retiringness,
  • humility,
  • timidness,
  • taciturnity,
  • shyness,
  • modesty,
  • reserve,
  • backwardness,
  • uncommunicativeness,
  • kittenishness,
  • self-efface,
  • in security,
  • timidity,
  • constraint,
  • hang up,
  • hangup,
  • doubt,
  • inhibition,
  • coyness.
  • reserve (noun)
  • re serve,
  • un-responsivenesses,
  • re serves,
  • selfrestraint,
  • re-serves,
  • un responsiveness,
  • un responsivenesses,
  • self restraint,
  • un-responsiveness,
  • re-serve.
  • shyness (noun)
  • in-security,
  • in securities,
  • in-securities.
  • taciturnity (noun)
  • selfcontrol.
  • uncommunicativeness (noun)
  • un-communicativeness,
  • un communicativenesses,
  • un communicativeness,
  • un-communicativenesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • self-effacement,
  • ostentation,
  • demureness,
  • vanity.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • shame,
  • dismay,
  • cravenness,
  • apprehension,
  • protest,
  • stage fright,
  • boggle,
  • apprehensiveness,
  • Boggling,
  • cautiousness,
  • qualm,
  • suspiciousness,
  • trepidation,
  • indecisiveness,
  • shrinking,
  • suspicion,
  • skepticism,
  • blushing,
  • unpretentiousness,
  • mildness,
  • dubiety,
  • distrustfulness,
  • falter,
  • fearfulness,
  • dread,
  • self-knowledge,
  • submissiveness,
  • Scrupulosity,
  • Verecundity,
  • compunction,
  • Pudency,
  • scrupulousness,
  • irresolution,
  • misgiving,
  • distrust,
  • alarm,
  • distance,
  • second thoughts,
  • objection,
  • Feeze,
  • panic,
  • poltroonery,
  • uncertainty,
  • reservation,
  • cowardice,
  • skittishness,
  • consternation,
  • hesitance,
  • question,
  • blush,
  • anxiety,
  • dubiousness,
  • doubtfulness,
  • Misdoubt,
  • jumpiness,
  • decency,
  • pause,
  • faltering,
  • personality,
  • scepticism,
  • terror,
  • foreboding,
  • fright,
  • solicitude,
  • Demurity,
  • hesitating,
  • mistrust,
  • suspense,
  • qualms,
  • passivity,
  • wariness,
  • mistrustfulness,
  • caution,
  • servility,
  • recoil,
  • demur,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • hesitancy,
  • afraidness,
  • Stickling,
  • disbelief,
  • all-overs,
  • chastity,
  • coldness,
  • tentativeness,
  • shilly-shallying,
  • self-depreciation,
  • leeriness,
  • care,
  • faintheartedness,
  • horror,
  • qualmishness.

Paraphrases for Diffidence:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    timidity.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    reluctance.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    hesitation, insecurity.

Homophones for Diffidence:

• daftness, doubting, deftness, diphthongise, devoutness, diphthongize, dipodomys, diphthong, dividing, devotedness.

Hypernym for Diffidence:

• n.

  • feeling
    unassertiveness, hesitance, hesitancy.

Hyponym for Diffidence:

• n.

  • feeling
    timorousness, timidity, timidness.