249 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ skˈɪtɪʃ], [ skˈɪtɪʃ], [ s_k_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_ʃ]

Similar words for skittish:

• agitated (adjective)
• all (adjective)
• changeable (adjective)
• coy (adjective)
• demure (adjective)
• dizzy (adjective)
• edgy (adjective)
• empty-headed (adjective)
• excitable (adjective)
• fearful (adjective)
• fearsome (adjective)
• giddy (adjective)
• jittery (adjective)
• jumpy (adjective)
• nervous (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• shy (adjective)
• twitchy (adjective)
• on edge (adverb)
• other relevant words (adverb)
• frivolous (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• shy (noun)
• other synonyms

Paraphrases for skittish

Homophones for skittish

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.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • all wound up,
  • edgy,
  • unsocial,
  • unrestful,
  • empty-headed,
  • unassertive,
  • keyed up,
  • rabbity,
  • jittery,
  • uneffusive,
  • twitchy,
  • unassured,
  • changeable,
  • overmodest,
  • nervous,
  • emptyheaded,
  • dizzy,
  • on pins and needles,
  • uneager,
  • shy,
  • over-wrought,
  • jumpy,
  • know-nothing,
  • a bundle of nerves,
  • over-modest,
  • coy,
  • giddy,
  • demure,
  • up set,
  • fearful.
  • 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.

• adv

  • Other relevant words: (adverb)
  • on edge,
  • hyper,
  • nail-biting,
  • nerves on edge,
  • in suspense.

• 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.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • wanton,
  • restless,
  • flighty,
  • spooky,
  • timorous,
  • volatile.
  • shy (noun)
  • afraid,
  • timid.

• Other synonyms:

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

Paraphrases for Skittish:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    spoiled.

• Other Related

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

Homophones for Skittish:

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