What is another word for shyness?
152 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ʃˈa͡ɪnəs], [ ʃˈaɪnəs], [ ʃ_ˈaɪ_n_ə_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for shyness:- bashfulness (noun)
- demureness (noun)
- diffidence (noun)
- humility (noun)
- inhibition (noun)
- irresolution (noun)
- modesty (noun)
- reserve (noun)
- reticence (noun)
- taciturnity (noun)
- uncommunicativeness (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Shyness:
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- restraint.
- nervousness,
- insecurity,
- stage fright,
- apprehension,
- mike fright,
- reticence,
- abashment,
- sheepishness,
- timorousness.
- mousiness,
- backwardness,
- reluctance,
- doubt,
- fear,
- timidity,
- shyness,
- in security,
- hesitation,
- bashfulness,
- self-consciousness,
- unassertiveness,
- constraint.
- Non-resistance,
- unpretentiousness,
- subjection,
- obedience,
- fawning,
- nonresistance,
- lack of pride,
- servility,
- docilities,
- unobtrusiveness,
- Lowliness,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- submissiveness,
- resignation,
- abasement,
- passiveness,
- subservience,
- obsequiousness,
- docility,
- inferiority complex.
- blockage,
- suppression,
- interdict,
- embargo,
- check,
- prohibition,
- bar,
- obstacle,
- prevention,
- interference,
- barrier.
- unsureness,
- infirmity,
- tentativeness,
- ambivalence,
- inconsistency,
- changeability,
- indecisiveness,
- double-mindedness,
- irresolution,
- capriciousness,
- hesitance,
- volatility,
- impulsiveness,
- yellowness,
- fickleness,
- halfheartedness,
- vacillation,
- insipidity,
- wateriness,
- spinelessness,
- shiftiness,
- unwillingness,
- weakness,
- uncertainty.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- reservedness,
- falter,
- bashful quality,
- shamefacedness,
- compunction,
- stagefright,
- scrupulousness,
- sense of shame,
- objection,
- faintheartedness,
- confusion,
- recoil,
- Pudency,
- Demurity,
- protest,
- stammering,
- faltering,
- boggle,
- Scrupulosity,
- afraidness,
- poltroonery,
- shrinking,
- Stickling,
- shamefastness,
- pause,
- aloofness,
- hesitancy,
- fearfulness,
- Boggling,
- jumpiness,
- coldness,
- cravenness,
- demur,
- awkwardness,
- qualm,
- mildness,
- scruple,
- qualmishness,
- cowardice,
- clumsiness,
- formality,
- skittishness,
- demurral,
- introversion,
- shame.
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Noun, singular or mass
timidity.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Shyness:
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Other antonyms:
self-sufficiency, pertness, impudence, conceit, assumption, boldness, Self-conceit, haughtiness, sociability, loquacity, sauciness, frankness, freedom, indiscretion, forwardness, abandon, egotism, loquaciousness, confidence, arrogance, assurance.
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Homophones for Shyness:
- senega, smock, sameness, swanky, skink, synagogue, shamanize, soughing, sonsy, sing, siemens, science, skunk, saying, snog, Soochong, sequence, sogginess, seeing, swooning, scanning, snag, session cookie, sea king, siamese, Sean O'Casey, sconce, shining, smug, ski mask, Shun Giku, showing, Simonise, signing, sango, saneness, sneak away, sexiness, shang, snick, soon enough, seismic, seagoing, schnoz, swimming, shmuck, snake eyes, synanceja, synizesis, skewness, shmooze, sunk, sneezy, swinge, schumann-heink, shamus, sonic, smoke, swinish, shocking, shanghai, sacking, sickening, shamanise, swing, sickness, Shawnee Cake, seeming, summoning, scincus, summons, signage, sinus, singe, sonsie, squeamish, skanky, synezesis, skimming, sousing, skiing, schmuck, shakiness, schnook, sneak, seizing, smash, succinic, shnook, seasoning, sissiness, swingy, sync, sagaciousness, sea mouse, sea change, sanyasi, snowshoe, smack, sea moss, synoicous, snooze, sink, so much, schmegegge, squeaking, soaking, sea snake, schmoose, sassing, swishing, shmegegge, seneca, shamash, sessions, shunning, sizing, seasickness, sneaky, sensuous, swank, smoky, snazzy, sagging, socinus, sucking, sense, snake, sumac, sinuous, swan-neck, swansea, songhai, sanies, shagginess, synonymous, sannyasi, someways, sassenach, seeking, sung, squeezing, snaky, snook, scenic, samekh, song, swimming kick, seance, shumac, senesce, sinningia, soissons, schmooze, sanious, synoecious, showiness, symons, schinus, San Jose, simonize, sangay, sonchus, shmoose, smog, sumach, sayanci, skinniness, sewing, scheming, sing-kwa, snack, shenyang, snug, sunniness, siamang, samosa, squinch, senecio, synechia, shaking, Sanchez, swanneck, sens, skank, sauciness, sunchoke, synge, smokehouse, Souchong, shininess, shank, smooch, sex change, simoniz, sang, sinning, sneeze, smoggy, snow goose.
Hyponym for Shyness:
n.
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feeling
timorousness, timidness, timidity.
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feeling