Synonyms for Skittish:

• adj.

  •agitated (adjective)
  • uneasy,
  • twitching,
  • feverish,
  • distraught,
  • writhing,
  • shuddering,
  • jerky,
  • upset,
  • trembling,
  • wobbling,
  • quaking,
  • palpitating,
  • shaken,
  • unquiet,
  • spastic,
  • quivering,
  • disturbed,
  • Churned,
  • disquieted,
  • troubled,
  • shivering,
  • erratic,
  • Jarred,
  • quavering,
  • fluttered,
  • agitated,
  • shaking,
  • convulsive,
  • perturbed.
  •all (adjective)
  • skittish.
  •changeable (adjective)
  • reversible,
  • shifting,
  • Permutable,
  • mutable,
  • commutative,
  • transitional,
  • revocable,
  • changeful,
  • transformable,
  • unsteady,
  • mercurial.
  •coy (adjective)
  • most overmodest,
  • most rabbity,
  • re-served,
  • most unassertive,
  • more unassertive,
  • self effacing,
  • prudish,
  • more overmodest,
  • over modest,
  • un-assertive,
  • re tiring,
  • un assertive,
  • selfeffacing,
  • re-tiring,
  • kittenish,
  • more rabbity,
  • shrinking,
  • re served.
  •demure (adjective)
  • un assured,
  • de mure,
  • most unassured,
  • un-assuming,
  • un-assured,
  • un assuming,
  • unassuming,
  • more unassured,
  • de-mure,
  • strait laced.
  •dizzy (adjective)
  • Feather-brained.
  •edgy (adjective)
  • over strung,
  • over-strung,
  • un-easiest,
  • un easier,
  • most overstrung,
  • up tight,
  • ex cited,
  • ill ease,
  • un easiest,
  • highstrung,
  • un-easier,
  • high strung,
  • up-tight,
  • un-easy,
  • overstrung,
  • more overstrung,
  • ex-cited,
  • un easy.
  •empty-headed (adjective)
  • more knownothing,
  • empty headed,
  • untaught,
  • more know-nothing,
  • more know nothing,
  • most knownothing,
  • most know-nothing,
  • un taught,
  • knownothing,
  • uneducated,
  • un-taught,
  • un schooled,
  • un-schooled,
  • un-educated,
  • most know nothing,
  • un educated,
  • know nothing.
  •excitable (adjective)
  • Hot-headed,
  • reckless,
  • Agitable,
  • short fused,
  • overzealous,
  • hottempered,
  • galvanic,
  • Alarmable,
  • excitable,
  • temperamental,
  • fidgety,
  • volcanic,
  • hysterical,
  • over-zealous.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • in a dither,
  • weak-kneed,
  • phobic,
  • shaky,
  • running scared,
  • goose-bumpy,
  • aflutter,
  • have cold feet.
  •fearsome (adjective)
  • fearsome.
  •giddy (adjective)
  • bubbleheaded,
  • ditzy.
  •jittery (adjective)
  • more trembling,
  • most spooked,
  • most trembling,
  • on pins needles,
  • more spooked.
  •jumpy (adjective)
  • most unrestful,
  • un restful,
  • un-restful,
  • more unrestful.
  •nervous (adjective)
  • un strung,
  • unstrung,
  • more nervous,
  • up-set,
  • un-strung,
  • most ruffled,
  • taut,
  • dis-tressed,
  • dis tressed,
  • more ruffled.
  •shy (adjective)
  • dis trustful,
  • un responsive,
  • most uneager,
  • un-willing,
  • in-disposed,
  • most unsocial,
  • in disposed,
  • more introvert,
  • dis inclined,
  • dis-inclined,
  • un effusive,
  • un-responsive,
  • un eager,
  • un willing,
  • most uneffusive,
  • more unsocial,
  • un-effusive,
  • un-eager,
  • introvert,
  • un-social,
  • more uneager,
  • recessive,
  • most introvert,
  • more uneffusive,
  • dis-trustful,
  • un social.
  •twitchy (adjective)
  • a bundle nerves.

• adv.

  •on edge (adverb)
  • Nail Biting,
  • nerves edge,
  • nailbiting.

• n.

  •
  • short-term,
  • fleeting,
  • short-lived,
  • brief,
  • transient,
  • temporary,
  • passing,
  • floating.
  •
  • frightened,
  • tighten,
  • worried,
  • alarmed.
  •
  • gallop,
  • bridle,
  • equestrian,
  • bareback,
  • break in,
  • groom,
  • dismount,
  • canter.
  •frivolous (noun)
  • capricious,
  • whimsical,
  • lively.
  •shy (noun)
  • afraid,
  • timid.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • schizoid,
  • uptight,
  • tense.
  •
  • schizophrenic.

Paraphrases for Skittish:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    spoiled.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    temperamental, capricious, spoilt, whimsical, nervous.

Antonyms for Skittish:

• adj.

  • very nervous
    easy-going, collected, calm, composed, laid-back, unworried.
  • Other antonyms:
    confident, permanent, adventuresome, settled, sure, heroic, determined, dashing, spirited, durable, docile, easy, reliable, dependable, true, trustworthy, unshakable, hardy, firm, immutable, imperturbable, tractable, lasting, adventurous, unswerving, persistent, abiding, resolute, plucky, equable, even, game, certain, tried and true, yielding, uniform, peaceable, invariable, gentle, spunky, unchangeable, trusty, daring, relaxed, unflappable, mettlesome, tried, nerveless, obedient, self-assured, predictable, venturesome, venturous, quiet, passive, undeterred, submissive, manageable, assured, self-confident, unflinching.

Homophones for Skittish:

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