What is another word for shy?
679 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ʃ_ˈaɪ], [ ʃˈa͡ɪ], [ ʃˈaɪ]Table of Contents
Similar words for shy:- all (adjective)
- cowardly (adjective)
- deficient (adjective)
- failing (adjective)
- fearful (adjective)
- humble (adjective)
- inconspicuous (adjective)
- insufficient (adjective)
- irresolute (adjective)
- lacking, failing (adjective)
- modest (adjective)
- other synonyms
- avoid
- deflect
- deviate
- disagree
- fear
- other relevant words
Definition for Shy:
- ( shyer, -est, rarely shi-). ( Of beasts, birds, fish, &c.) easily startled, timid, avoiding observation; bashful, coy, uneasy in company; avoiding company of person, chary of doing, ( fight s. of); elusive, hard to find, catch, interpret, &c. Hence shyly adv., shyness n. [ Danish]
Synonyms for Shy:
adj.
•all (adjective) •cowardly (adjective) •deficient (adjective) •failing (adjective) •fearful (adjective) •humble (adjective) •inconspicuous (adjective) •insufficient (adjective) •irresolute (adjective)- ambivalent,
- indecisive,
- inconsistent,
- shifty,
- undecided,
- halfhearted,
- dillydallying,
- insipid,
- uncertain,
- infirm,
- irresponsible,
- fickle,
- spineless,
- watery,
- capricious,
- irresolute,
- Shilly-shally,
- weak,
- fly-by-night,
- changeable,
- double-minded,
- vacillating,
- erratic,
- yellow,
- Flitting,
- tentative,
- unresolved,
- undependable,
- impulsive,
- volatile.
n.
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- lost.
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- start.
Other synonyms:
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- awkward.
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- wanting.
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- short.
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- shoot.
- commence,
- shrivel,
- ebb,
- obscure,
- sheepish,
- retreat,
- sheer off,
- avoid,
- trembling,
- turn away from,
- pullout,
- shot,
- flirt,
- empty of,
- evasion,
- deliberate,
- propulsion,
- shorten,
- dainty,
- self-distrustful,
- safe,
- hang off,
- projection,
- in arrears,
- veer,
- bankrupt,
- put about,
- runaround,
- divert,
- doubtful,
- pullback,
- distrustful,
- experiment,
- scrappy,
- edgily,
- pick nits,
- reclusive,
- astern,
- blushing,
- delicate,
- abashed,
- incertain,
- squeamish,
- put,
- prevaricate,
- waver,
- stammering,
- runaway,
- void of,
- sideswipe,
- slap,
- faint-hearted,
- fly,
- booger,
- lick,
- cautiously,
- turn away,
- uneffusive,
- jab,
- dismissal,
- make good,
- swerve,
- fade,
- meander,
- cringing,
- self-conscious,
- gingerly,
- recital,
- shunt,
- put back,
- aloof,
- unnoticeable,
- examination,
- anxiously,
- strain,
- jump,
- begin,
- defense mechanism,
- recede,
- hedge,
- devoid,
- draw in,
- Unattempted,
- prevention,
- pull,
- give thought to,
- fugitive,
- wander,
- Startlish,
- equivocation,
- crack,
- wary,
- whack,
- weasel,
- set free,
- stick at,
- tricky,
- wheel,
- bereft of,
- frightened,
- retrograde,
- antisocial,
- reel back,
- be watchful,
- in a tizzy,
- indisposed,
- hold back,
- Avoiding,
- suspicious,
- project,
- immature,
- fork,
- needful,
- crawl,
- diverge,
- show,
- vis a tergo,
- return,
- irresolutely,
- dishonorable,
- exam,
- ease off,
- gee,
- callow,
- stampede,
- run away,
- shift,
- quibble,
- shove aside,
- experimentation,
- back down,
- pelt,
- crawfish,
- parry,
- indrawn,
- restrained,
- diffidence,
- release,
- forward pass,
- introversive,
- shy away,
- embark,
- glance,
- nit-pick,
- dwindle,
- blink,
- dodge,
- forestalling,
- jerk,
- fillip,
- hesitantly,
- self-doubting,
- testing,
- impulse,
- scruple,
- back out,
- peg,
- coward,
- regurgitate,
- Qualmish,
- tilt,
- hover,
- elusion,
- thrust,
- spitball,
- sidetrack,
- push,
- loath,
- in short supply,
- shunning,
- ejaculate,
- chicken-livered,
- slip,
- uneasy,
- effeminate,
- potshot,
- double,
- coyly,
- untrustworthy,
- embarrassed,
- recessive,
- lacking,
- throw out,
- humiliation,
- loner,
- slender,
- be wary,
- baulk,
- tensely,
- sceptical,
- serve,
- affliction,
- pull away,
- removed,
- discharge,
- stab,
- stop to consider,
- probation,
- shyly,
- in want of,
- shove,
- fight shy of,
- fastidious,
- avoidance,
- fire at,
- come back,
- overcautious,
- wind,
- sidestep,
- hump,
- coming up short,
- fend off,
- run back,
- shamefacedly,
- be unwilling,
- Vacillatory,
- unforthcoming,
- shamefaced,
- let fly at,
- slink,
- slippery,
- uncomfortable,
- protrusion,
- start back,
- arrested,
- service,
- neutral,
- back off,
- uneasily,
- detached,
- ejection,
- withdraw,
- jumpy,
- affected,
- missing,
- propel,
- dubious,
- cavil,
- put right,
- goosy,
- skittish,
- Suspecting,
- edgy,
- low,
- split hairs,
- fly off,
- palter,
- awfully,
- sinker,
- pusillanimous,
- untrusting,
- forbearance,
- chunk,
- dab,
- think twice,
- bicker,
- test,
- undeveloped,
- Incurve,
- fearsome,
- uptight,
- diffidently,
- circumvention,
- ramble,
- backwater,
- Needing,
- straggle,
- retract,
- discombobulated,
- questioning,
- bulge,
- forlorn of,
- panic,
- Regrade,
- canny,
- mousey,
- twist,
- retire,
- rebound,
- divagate,
- scared,
- bereft,
- bowl,
- be loath,
- timorously,
- stagger,
- countermarch,
- Tralineate,
- in doubt,
- hesitate,
- haw,
- confused,
- turn back,
- fire,
- mortification,
- crouch,
- sneak,
- fall back,
- zigzag,
- faint,
- submissive,
- be startled,
- repressed,
- hum and haw,
- doubting,
- jittery,
- pause,
- sheepishly,
- switch,
- craven,
- spiritless,
- weasel out,
- balance,
- nonintervention,
- shyness,
- skulk,
- effort,
- Boggling,
- Demurring,
- shy at,
- mild,
- catapult,
- withdrawing,
- disinclined,
- inarticulate,
- shot-put,
- shrink back,
- unconfident,
- head off,
- pot,
- lowly,
- skeptical,
- mystify,
- timidity,
- drift,
- curve,
- white feather,
- Retrocede,
- conscious,
- ashamedly,
- make amends,
- hark back,
- falter,
- patchy,
- modesty,
- bilk,
- introvert,
- hem and haw,
- scary,
- reel,
- embryonic,
- circumspect,
- tergiversate,
- unsought,
- snap,
- equivocate,
- escape,
- tight-lipped,
- compensate for,
- shivery,
- opprobrious,
- scrupulous,
- recalcitrant,
- screwball,
- pass,
- weak-willed,
- deferential,
- yaw,
- cagey,
- rove,
- lance,
- pull out,
- trigger-happy,
- skittishly,
- uncourageous,
- absent,
- afraid,
- Shamefast,
- digress,
- be averse,
- denuded of,
- anxious,
- unresponsive,
- nitpick,
- startle,
- devoid of,
- revert,
- defective,
- beat about,
- spring back,
- patient,
- hang back,
- boggle,
- disreputable,
- narration,
- cower,
- watchful,
- standoffish,
- drain,
- chastity,
- partial,
- fearfully,
- averse,
- wild,
- timidly,
- embarrassedly,
- make up for,
- part,
- stray,
- avert,
- hesitating,
- make bones about,
- chickenhearted,
- skedaddle,
- loft,
- be reluctant,
- pitchfork,
- hypoplastic,
- chicken,
- tack,
- intimidated,
- lose ground,
- cowardice,
- skittery,
- mum,
- voiceless,
- yield,
- soft,
- change,
- side-step,
- funk,
- back away,
- be irresolute,
- side,
- nervously,
- apprehensively,
- underdeveloped,
- infant,
- deprived of,
- bland,
- shy of,
- let go,
- taciturn,
- whirl,
- take fright,
- Strain at,
- mistrustful,
- uncommitted,
- turn tail,
- ponder,
- be cautious,
- attempt,
- guarded,
- go astray,
- sketchy,
- trial,
- draw aside,
- fallback,
- cautious,
- get back,
- straddle the fence,
- pull back,
- neutrality,
- trepidant,
- shed,
- evasive,
- go back,
- chary,
- go off,
- stumble,
- hesitatingly,
- unmanly,
- shuffle,
- gutless,
- faltering,
- fence,
- shirk,
- send,
- poor-spirited,
- bashfully,
- think twice about,
- debate,
- Refraining,
- search,
- lateral,
- originate,
- noninvolvement,
- fastball,
- protuberance,
- backtrack,
- white-livered,
- agnostic,
- backhanded,
- tryout,
- mistrusting,
- timorous,
- apprehensive,
- unassuming,
- panicky,
- cowering,
- sidle,
- stick,
- lily-livered,
- lob,
- chug,
- rehearsal,
- prude,
- draw back,
- fainthearted,
- heedful,
- destitute of.
Paraphrases for Shy:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
bashful.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
hesitant, cautious, Half-hearted, ashamed, frightened, modest, afraid, reticent, scared, uncomfortable, reserved, fearful, annoyed, discreet, embarrassing.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
timid, self-conscious, embarrassed, coy, tentative.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Shy:
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adj.
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all
confident.
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quiet and self-conscious
forward, unabashed, proud, fearless, conceited, calm, disposed, egotistical, unreserved, unworried, inclined, careless, unshy, incautious, Unfearful, heedless, courageous, eager, unafraid, indiscreet, uncareful, brave, unashamed, rash, aggressive, sufficient, bent, willing, bold.
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Other antonyms:
hefty, undeterred, super, lavish, forceful, heroic, approved, moral, king-size, boon, creditable, commendable, large, upright, endorsed, correct, largish, outgoing, clean, good, legal, plenteous, tolerable, enlarged, noble, adequate, game, unswerving, prestigious, satisfactory, unflinching, principled, considerable, social, companionable, convivial, bounteous, sizable, seemly, luxuriant, decent, upstanding, permissible, honest, righteous, proper, determined, exemplary, spunky, permitted, reputable, respectable, esteemed, honorable, plucky, copious, authorized, oversize, overflowing, respected, bountiful, reputed, licensed, extroverted, just, ethical, clubbable, spirited, expanded, substantial, teeming, mettlesome, rich, firm, gregarious, jumbo, big, sociable, guiltless, liberal, resolute, sanctioned, abundant, blameless, generous, enough, abounding, ample, plentiful, decorous, immodest.
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all
Homophones for Shy:
- sick joke, succuss, sauk, she-oak, say, saucy, sheika, sus, schizaea, squasy, shah, shoe, sago, sic, scow, sass, 1830s, shaky, see, sissy, suez, sousa, swiz, sheesha, soya, sis, siss, sissu, shikoku, sika, soho, sise, 1890s, Swiss Cheese, shuha, SSA, shoes, Swaggie, sock, shia, soakage, 1760s, sikh, squawk, 1970s, sa, sausage, suck, sky-high, shock, Susa, sequoya, sea ash, ski wax, sky, sou, 1980s, shack, soy sauce, so-so, swage, si, shuck, 1920s, siege, showcase, 1870s, 1770s, shako, sissyish, 1840s, SSS, squawky, schweiz, shua, scag, 1790s, scoke, sash, Sacajawea, sax, sexy, shew, shay, skeg, sow, sigeh, squashy, ski, SG, shush, sag, swosh, 1940s, souse, sos, sea, segue, sugi, scouse, skyway, swiss, seize, six, sequoia, sue, seaquake, shiksa, sussex, 1950s, seek, sewage, Seiji Ozawa, 1960s, sough, 1860s, sse, S, showy, squash, swazi, swishy, sashay, 1900s, ssw, swig, SAS, 1850s, 1880s, 1990s, souk, sess, sagacious, skew, suisse, succus, sage, schizaeaceae, schuss, 1930s, Skag, squeaky, saxe, sickish, socage, 1780s, sassy, sioux, swish, 1820s, Shai, Sousse, seiche, segway, squeeze, squish, soja, sex, swoosh, seasick, syzygy, skyhook, shaggy, so, Skaw, soggy, sizz, sec, shaw, shoji, sc, sea cow, squeak, squishy, 1750s, shiah, shwa, shoo away, sigh, such, sac, saw, squeegee, sew, saki, shikse, sacco, swag, soy, shag, sheikha, squaw, sacque, saga, shoo, sw, sheik, swash, succos, shogi, shake, show, shucks, shisha, sacagawea, size, sick, success, soak, say-so, se, sake, Susah, sequoyah, sauce, saiga, skyjack, skua, sack, ss, sukiyaki, saek, sheikh, shook, sushi, sway, 1530s, schwa, skagway, soh, sockeye, sissoo, scsi, seesaw, seaway.
