What is another word for diffident?
341 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dˈɪfɪdənt], [ dˈɪfɪdənt], [ d_ˈɪ_f_ɪ_d_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for diffident:- all (adjective)
- backward (adjective)
- bashful (adjective)
- cowardly (adjective)
- coy (adjective)
- demure (adjective)
- dubious (adjective)
- fearful (adjective)
- hesitant (adjective)
- hesitant; unconfident (adjective)
- humble (adjective)
- indifferent (adjective)
- insecure (adjective)
- modest (adjective)
- mousy (adjective)
- reluctant (adjective)
- reserved (adjective)
- retiring (adjective)
- self-conscious (adjective)
- self-controlled (adjective)
- self-effacing (adjective)
- self-restrained (adjective)
- sheepish (adjective)
- shrinking (adjective)
- shy (adjective)
- timid (adjective)
- unassuming (adjective)
- vacillant (adjective)
- shy (noun)
- other synonyms
- insistent
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Diffident:
adj.
•all (adjective) •backward (adjective)- in disposed,
- un eager,
- un-eager,
- un willing,
- most uneager,
- dis inclined,
- dis-inclined,
- in-disposed,
- un-willing,
- more uneager.
- most blushful,
- more recoiling,
- re coiling,
- Verecund,
- re-coiling,
- most overmodest,
- over modest,
- more blushful,
- most verecund,
- more unassertive,
- more verecund,
- un assertive,
- un-assertive,
- more overmodest,
- most recoiling,
- more nervous,
- most unassertive.
- yellow-bellied,
- having the willies,
- no guts,
- lacking courage,
- pigeonhearted,
- weak-kneed,
- softer,
- Chicken-hearted,
- running scared,
- Cowhearted.
- most unconvinced,
- un-clearest,
- more unconvinced,
- un-trustiest,
- un-likelier,
- un clearest,
- un trustworthy,
- un decided,
- un likeliest,
- un reliable,
- in-decisive,
- un clearer,
- in decisive,
- more trustless,
- un-decided,
- far fetched,
- untrustiest,
- un-dependable,
- un-trustier,
- most trustless,
- iffy,
- un clear,
- un trusty,
- un-likeliest,
- un likely,
- un-clearer,
- un-trusty,
- un-sure,
- untrustier,
- un trustiest,
- un-reliable,
- un-convinced,
- touch go,
- Mootable,
- un convinced,
- un sure,
- un trustier,
- un dependable,
- un-likely,
- dubitable,
- un-trustworthy,
- fly by night,
- un-clear,
- un likelier.
- doubting,
- un predictable,
- de laying,
- de-laying,
- most faltering,
- more dawdling,
- half hearted,
- more faltering,
- un-predictable,
- Half-hearted,
- most dawdling.
- most unconfident,
- more choked,
- most unpoised,
- more unpoised,
- up in air,
- in-secure,
- up the air,
- in secure,
- more questioning,
- in securest,
- most delphic,
- most questioning,
- un poised,
- most choked,
- up tight,
- up-tight,
- un-poised,
- un-confident,
- up air,
- in-securer,
- in-securest,
- in securer,
- more unconfident,
- un confident,
- more delphic.
- most demurring,
- more disheartened,
- more demurring,
- in-voluntary,
- dis-heartened,
- laggard,
- more grudging,
- most grudging,
- dis heartened,
- most disheartened,
- in voluntary,
- most laggard,
- more laggard.
- more reclusive,
- re served,
- re-served,
- non committal,
- most uncompanionable,
- un demonstrative,
- un companionable,
- re strained,
- re-strained,
- close mouthed,
- mis-anthropic,
- mis anthropic,
- un-demonstrative,
- more uncompanionable,
- most eremitic,
- self-contained,
- un-companionable,
- un-approachable,
- self contained,
- more eremitic,
- un approachable,
- selfcontained.
- most nongregarious,
- more unexpansive,
- non gregarious,
- un expansive,
- re-tiring,
- un affable,
- more nongregarious,
- un-affable,
- un-expansive,
- most unexpansive,
- un-sociable,
- re tiring,
- more unaffable,
- most unaffable.
- most uneffusive,
- more uneffusive,
- most introvert,
- dis trustful,
- dis-trustful,
- un-effusive,
- more introvert,
- un effusive.
- more bullied,
- more unnerved,
- most browbeaten,
- more trembling,
- more milquetoast,
- most unnerved,
- most trembling,
- most badgered,
- most bullied,
- co wed,
- more badgered,
- co-wed,
- having cold feet,
- more cowed,
- more daunted,
- unnerved,
- un-nerved,
- un nerved,
- most cowed,
- more browbeaten,
- most milquetoast,
- most daunted.
n.
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- restraint.
Other synonyms:
•insistent •Other relevant words:- wavering,
- frightened,
- lily-livered,
- standoffish,
- indecisive,
- dismiss,
- panicky,
- confused,
- jittery,
- prig,
- affected,
- distant,
- chicken,
- evasive,
- faint,
- intimidated,
- mistrustful,
- contrite,
- detached,
- prude,
- ashamed,
- recalcitrant,
- edgy,
- faint-hearted,
- restless,
- uncomfortable,
- all-overish,
- awkward,
- uneasy,
- apprehensive,
- balky,
- averse,
- yellow,
- pusillanimous,
- reserve,
- loath,
- halfhearted,
- in a tizzy,
- fidgety,
- uninvolved,
- lowly,
- reclusive,
- discombobulated,
- decorous,
- concerned,
- shy of,
- anxious,
- shamefaced,
- balking,
- bashfulness,
- aloof,
- ungenerous,
- incertain,
- hurt,
- gutless,
- Vacillatory,
- introverted,
- chicken-livered,
- taciturn,
- unwilling,
- qualmy,
- withdrawing,
- solicitous,
- white-livered,
- misgiving,
- removed,
- afraid,
- scared,
- restive,
- decent,
- uncertain,
- recessive,
- mousey,
- craven,
- fainthearted,
- cowering,
- unsociable,
- diffidence,
- blushing,
- indrawn.
Antonyms for Diffident:
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adj.
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hesitant; unconfident
bold, extroverted, confident, aggressive, brave.
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Other antonyms:
companionable, uninhibited, gregarious, dashing, brash, social, clubbable, sociable, convivial, boon, positive, outgoing, immodest, overbold, reassured.
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hesitant; unconfident