Synonyms for Shies:

• v.

  •avoid (verb)
  • eschew,
  • shun,
  • escape,
  • shrink from,
  • withdraw,
  • shuffle off,
  • abstain,
  • stay away,
  • obviate,
  • run for cover,
  • lay low,
  • elude,
  • sidestep,
  • recoil,
  • shake,
  • stay out,
  • skip town,
  • deflect,
  • circumlocute,
  • weave,
  • ward off,
  • divert,
  • circumvent,
  • keep clear,
  • shirk,
  • fake out,
  • hide,
  • evade,
  • turn aside,
  • duck,
  • desist,
  • step aside,
  • skip,
  • give the slip,
  • steer clear of,
  • shake off,
  • fend off,
  • skirt,
  • bypass,
  • jump,
  • shy,
  • flee,
  • hold off,
  • ditch,
  • shake and bake,
  • skip out on,
  • avert,
  • dodge.
  •balk (verb)
  • crimp,
  • flinch,
  • turn down,
  • upset apple cart,
  • demur,
  • resist,
  • cramp,
  • hesitate,
  • refuse.
  •cast (verb)
  • bung,
  • hurl,
  • pitch,
  • peg,
  • thrust,
  • impel,
  • drive,
  • heave,
  • project,
  • shed,
  • lob,
  • chuck,
  • sling,
  • drop,
  • toss,
  • fling,
  • launch,
  • boot,
  • fire.
  •chuck (verb)
  • discard,
  • renounce,
  • junk,
  • slough,
  • quit,
  • eject,
  • jettison,
  • reject,
  • give the heave ho,
  • scrap,
  • abandon,
  • cast,
  • can,
  • desert,
  • relinquish,
  • eighty-six,
  • forsake,
  • flip.
  •cringe (verb)
  • draw back,
  • blench,
  • crouch,
  • tremble,
  • quail,
  • crawl,
  • cower,
  • start,
  • grovel,
  • quiver,
  • wince,
  • eat dirt,
  • stoop,
  • kneel,
  • shrink.
  •decline (verb)
  • forbear,
  • refrain,
  • don't buy,
  • not think of,
  • send regrets,
  • reprobate,
  • avoid,
  • dismiss,
  • nix,
  • balk,
  • spurn,
  • deny,
  • repudiate,
  • not accept,
  • forgo,
  • gainsay,
  • not hear of,
  • pass on,
  • turn thumbs down,
  • abjure,
  • disapprove,
  • beg to be excused.
  •deflect (verb)
  • hook,
  • whirl,
  • diverge,
  • parry,
  • pivot,
  • bend,
  • wheel,
  • twist,
  • keep off,
  • sidetrack,
  • glance off,
  • disperse,
  • deviate,
  • curve,
  • ricochet,
  • whip,
  • slip,
  • wind,
  • veer,
  • fend,
  • slew,
  • swerve,
  • sheer,
  • cover up,
  • volte-face.
  •demur (verb)
  • take exception,
  • pause,
  • vacillate,
  • cavil,
  • hem and haw,
  • complain,
  • stickle,
  • protest,
  • fight,
  • combat,
  • stick,
  • scruple,
  • object,
  • strain,
  • challenge,
  • dispute,
  • pussyfoot,
  • wait and see,
  • oppose,
  • doubt,
  • waver,
  • deprecate,
  • remonstrate.
  •deviate (verb)
  • divagate,
  • turn,
  • err,
  • swim against stream,
  • digress,
  • depart from,
  • contrast,
  • go out of control,
  • wander,
  • go haywire,
  • go amiss,
  • angle off,
  • part,
  • vary,
  • differ,
  • circumlocate,
  • get around,
  • edge off,
  • break pattern,
  • go off on tangent,
  • aberrate,
  • depart,
  • go out of way,
  • take a turn,
  • bear off,
  • bend the rules,
  • not conform,
  • drift,
  • leave beaten path.
  •dissent (verb)
  • contradict,
  • discord,
  • say nothing doing,
  • put up a fight,
  • break with,
  • argue,
  • divide,
  • disaccord,
  • buck,
  • decline,
  • fly in the face of,
  • pettifog,
  • say not a chance,
  • say no way,
  • wrangle,
  • put up an argument.
  •duck (verb)
  • dive,
  • bob,
  • bow,
  • fence,
  • submerge,
  • lurch,
  • lower,
  • move to side,
  • double,
  • dip,
  • plunge.
  •elude (verb)
  • foil,
  • be beyond someone,
  • cop out,
  • outrun,
  • outwit,
  • baffle,
  • not touch,
  • thwart,
  • frustrate,
  • shuck,
  • stay shy of,
  • confound,
  • bilk,
  • beat around the bush,
  • pass up,
  • pass the buck,
  • stonewall,
  • give the runaround,
  • run around,
  • fly,
  • stall,
  • stump,
  • puzzle,
  • give wide berth to,
  • get away from.
  •eschew (verb)
  • sacrifice,
  • shy away from,
  • swear off,
  • give up,
  • forswear,
  • let well enough alone,
  • have no truck with.
  •evade (verb)
  • lie,
  • sneak away,
  • slip out,
  • keep distance,
  • lead on a merry chase,
  • tergiversate,
  • confuse,
  • hedge,
  • shift,
  • deceive,
  • waffle,
  • equivocate,
  • trick,
  • beat around bush,
  • pretend,
  • prevaricate,
  • beg the question,
  • shuffle,
  • weasel,
  • conceal,
  • fudge,
  • put off.
  •fear (verb)
  • foresee,
  • dare not,
  • expect,
  • quaver,
  • shudder,
  • anticipate,
  • be in awe,
  • be apprehensive,
  • fret,
  • worry,
  • have qualms,
  • dread,
  • blanch,
  • apprehend,
  • suspect,
  • break out in a sweat,
  • be afraid,
  • feel concern,
  • be disquieted,
  • falter,
  • lose courage,
  • be anxious,
  • wilt,
  • have butterflies,
  • be frightened.
  •fling (verb)
  • jerk,
  • let fly,
  • precipitate,
  • dump,
  • catapult,
  • propel,
  • send.
  •gag (verb)
  • constrain,
  • muzzle,
  • deaden,
  • repress,
  • cork up,
  • still,
  • suppress,
  • obstruct,
  • shut down,
  • tape up,
  • stifle,
  • bottle up,
  • put the lid on,
  • squash,
  • throttle,
  • cork,
  • quiet,
  • tongue-tie,
  • choke,
  • keep the lid on,
  • restrain,
  • stumble,
  • garrote,
  • squelch,
  • curb,
  • muffle.
  •scruple (verb)
  • question,
  • be reluctant,
  • be unwilling,
  • gag,
  • boggle,
  • be loath,
  • think twice about.
  •shun (verb)
  • hide out,
  • scorn,
  • turn back on,
  • keep clear of,
  • despise,
  • cut,
  • snub,
  • palm off,
  • disdain,
  • neglect,
  • give a wide berth,
  • have nothing to do with,
  • stand aloof from,
  • have no part of,
  • keep away from,
  • cold-shoulder.
  •start (verb)
  • bound,
  • spring,
  • jump the gun,
  • startle,
  • dart,
  • bolt,
  • squinch,
  • twitch,
  • bounce,
  • leap.
  •throw (verb)
  • pellet,
  • lift,
  • strew,
  • deliver,
  • waft,
  • flick,
  • splatter,
  • floor,
  • unseat,
  • fling off,
  • cant,
  • overturn,
  • volley,
  • upset,
  • push,
  • bandy,
  • spray,
  • dislodge,
  • stone,
  • shove,
  • force,
  • bombard,
  • pepper,
  • butt,
  • tumble,
  • dash,
  • pelt,
  • bunt,
  • barrage,
  • fell,
  • overwhelm,
  • sprinkle,
  • scatter,
  • let go,
  • unhorse,
  • shower,
  • discharge,
  • put,
  • lapidate.
  •wince (verb)
  • make a face,
  • jib,
  • back off,
  • grimace,
  • cringe.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • humble,
  • gentle,
  • shirks,
  • prudish,
  • bashfully,
  • coy,
  • formal,
  • scanties,
  • nervous,
  • distant,
  • balks,
  • projects,
  • suspicious,
  • timidly,
  • propels,
  • fearful,
  • Shots,
  • aloof,
  • shrinks,
  • tries,
  • remote,
  • modest,
  • heaves,
  • backwards,
  • flinches,
  • indrawn,
  • meek,
  • shyly,
  • slings,
  • quiets,
  • recoils,
  • chucks,
  • reticent,
  • tosses,
  • casts,
  • disgraces,
  • wallflowers,
  • sheepish,
  • winces,
  • Females,
  • dodges,
  • reluctant,
  • jerks,
  • hits,
  • embarrassed,
  • hesitant,
  • jumps,
  • ashamed,
  • discharges,
  • diffident,
  • Faints,
  • moves,
  • jibs,
  • flings,
  • reserved,
  • hurls,
  • leaps,
  • coys,
  • safes,
  • projections,
  • chaste,
  • hostiles,
  • demure,
  • trials,
  • pitches,
  • prim,
  • tame,
  • bashful,
  • moderate,
  • saves,
  • lowly,
  • throws,
  • slinks,
  • mousy,
  • Shames,
  • blinks,
  • volatiles,
  • apprehensive,
  • careful,
  • cautious,
  • conservatives,
  • docile,
  • starts,
  • chary,
  • wilds,
  • holds,
  • failings,
  • loners.

Antonyms for Shies:

• v.

  • avoid
    face, meet, take on, want, help, stay, allow, permit, seek.
  • balk
    accept, aid, make easier, ok.
  • cast
    gather, catch, receive, stop, dissuade, take, keep, repress.
  • chuck
    hire, hold, retain, finish, approve, support, take in.
  • cringe
    come forward, stretch.
  • decline
    sanction, indulge, improve, agree, rise, increase, use, say yes, go up, continue, go along, grant, ascend.
  • deflect
    straighten.
  • demur
    consent, endorse, give in, commend, believe, praise, surrender.
  • deviate
    go straight.
  • dissent
    ratify, join, assent, concur, authorize.
  • duck
    confront, encounter, raise, jump.
  • elude
    attract, encourage, invite, entice, clarify, abet, enlighten, explain, assist, clear up.
  • eschew
    love, embrace, like.
  • evade
    let out, organize, tell truth, tell, divulge, disclose, release, order, expose, open, show, remain, be honest, lay bare, reveal, uncover.
  • fear
    steady, brave, calm.
  • gag
    free, let go.
  • scruple
    not care.
  • shun
    admire, cherish.
  • start
    ignore, end, complete, die, conclude.
  • throw
    collect, discourage, slow, pull.