Definition for Skittish:

• Shy; frisking.

Synonyms for Skittish:

• adj.

  •agitated (adjective)
  • uneasy,
  • upset,
  • convulsive,
  • spastic,
  • jerky,
  • jittery,
  • agitated,
  • quaking,
  • erratic,
  • troubled,
  • unquiet,
  • trembling,
  • nervous,
  • quivering,
  • disquieted,
  • shaking,
  • shaken,
  • feverish,
  • Churned,
  • restless,
  • writhing,
  • jumpy,
  • fluttered,
  • perturbed,
  • twitchy,
  • disturbed,
  • quavering,
  • twitching,
  • wobbling,
  • distraught,
  • shuddering,
  • Jarred,
  • shivering,
  • palpitating.
  •all (adjective)
  • flighty,
  • spooky,
  • nervous.
  •changeable (adjective)
  • mercurial,
  • mutable,
  • unsteady,
  • changeful,
  • flighty.
  •excitable (adjective)
  • volcanic,
  • excitable,
  • temperamental,
  • fidgety,
  • Agitable,
  • Alarmable,
  • hysterical.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • in a dither,
  • timorous,
  • shaky,
  • worried,
  • aflutter,
  • phobic.
  •fearsome (adjective)
  • fearsome.
  •very nervous (adjective)
  • scatterbrained,
  • undependable,
  • combustible,
  • high-strung,
  • Alarmable,
  • lively,
  • changeable,
  • whimsical,
  • peppy,
  • flighty,
  • playful,
  • irresponsible,
  • excited,
  • jumpy,
  • capricious,
  • restive,
  • fearful,
  • harebrained,
  • edgy,
  • volative,
  • zippy,
  • fickle,
  • Agitable,
  • giddy,
  • sensitive,
  • frivolous,
  • lightheaded,
  • fidgety,
  • unreliable,
  • excitable,
  • dizzy.

• n.

  •
  • on edge,
  • frightened,
  • worried,
  • edgy,
  • all wound up,
  • a bundle of nerves,
  • uptight,
  • tense.
  •frivolous (noun)
  • changeable,
  • lively,
  • whimsical,
  • capricious.
  •shy (noun)
  • afraid,
  • timid.
  •skittish (noun)
  • excitable,
  • spooky,
  • nervous.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • changeable.
  •
  • schizoid,
  • uptight,
  • tense.
  •
  • edgy,
  • schizophrenic.
  •Other relevant words:
  • gently,
  • lively,
  • faintly,
  • rabbity,
  • scared,
  • capriciousness,
  • faddish,
  • delicate,
  • easily,
  • bagatelle,
  • weakly,
  • mousey,
  • hearty,
  • tense,
  • flappable,
  • fanciful,
  • distressed,
  • changeable,
  • flimsily,
  • versatile,
  • apprehensive,
  • mutable,
  • phobic,
  • kittenish,
  • giddy,
  • Humorsome,
  • wayward,
  • diffident,
  • scary,
  • reluctant,
  • fearful,
  • levity,
  • particular,
  • mischievous,
  • emotional,
  • high-spirited,
  • airily,
  • sportive,
  • craven,
  • panicky,
  • rollicking,
  • whimsical,
  • fantastic,
  • refined,
  • yeasty,
  • scatterbrained,
  • in a dither,
  • light-headed,
  • Hyperkinetic,
  • unruly,
  • prank,
  • worked up,
  • humble,
  • flirtatious,
  • unsteady,
  • frolicsome,
  • exuberant,
  • vital,
  • harebrained,
  • empathetic,
  • thinly,
  • blushing,
  • fickle,
  • sympathetic,
  • trifle,
  • highly strung,
  • cowardliness,
  • hysterical,
  • flighty,
  • in a stew,
  • hoity-toity,
  • Fearing,
  • delicately,
  • inarticulate,
  • itchy,
  • shy,
  • irascible,
  • triviality,
  • unstable,
  • inconstant,
  • volatile,
  • capricious,
  • frightened,
  • frisky,
  • shrinking,
  • supersensitive,
  • irresponsible,
  • worried,
  • flight,
  • quicksilver,
  • cowardice,
  • notion,
  • antsy,
  • dizzy,
  • Shamefast,
  • Perturbable,
  • hyper,
  • timorousness,
  • volative,
  • fiddle-footed,
  • hyperactive,
  • mercurial,
  • oversensitive,
  • gay,
  • frivolity,
  • stammering,
  • empathic,
  • afraid,
  • softly,
  • fairly,
  • ruffled,
  • fretful,
  • pettiness,
  • flustered,
  • prickly,
  • anaphylactic,
  • eruptive,
  • coltish,
  • wanton,
  • sprightly,
  • tactful,
  • coy,
  • vacillating,
  • nervy,
  • undependable,
  • temperamental,
  • whim,
  • responsive,
  • inflammable,
  • overrefined,
  • poltroonery,
  • anxious,
  • sleeveless,
  • thin-skinned,
  • overmodest,
  • hyperesthetic,
  • frothy,
  • coward,
  • eerie,
  • effeminate,
  • arbitrary,
  • untrustworthy,
  • frippery,
  • sheepish,
  • maggoty,
  • unconformable,
  • schizophrenic,
  • buffoonery,
  • timorous,
  • arbitrariness,
  • sensitive,
  • variable,
  • ticklish,
  • whimsy,
  • restive,
  • fidgety,
  • neural,
  • soft,
  • slightly,
  • wild,
  • shamefaced,
  • bashful,
  • flippantly,
  • High-mettled,
  • irritable,
  • all wound up,
  • full of beans,
  • fitful,
  • mousy,
  • vivacious,
  • tremulous,
  • changeful,
  • wantonly,
  • foolish,
  • blithe,
  • Rompish,
  • playful,
  • head-in-the-clouds,
  • goosy,
  • tender,
  • Alarmable,
  • eccentric,
  • excitable,
  • schizoid,
  • on tenterhooks,
  • hyperexcitable,
  • Gamesome,
  • whimsicality,
  • unpredictable,
  • a bundle of nerves,
  • whimsey,
  • confused,
  • freakish,
  • contrary,
  • zippy,
  • zestful,
  • Startlish,
  • on edge,
  • mischievousness,
  • in a tizzy,
  • rattlebrained,
  • Passible,
  • coquettish,
  • frivolous,
  • lightheaded,
  • timid,
  • moody,
  • uptight,
  • queasy,
  • featherbrained,
  • cowardly,
  • edgy,
  • chafing,
  • spooky,
  • tetchy,
  • kinky,
  • demure,
  • in a sweat,
  • volcanic,
  • fluttery,
  • fluff,
  • explosive,
  • self-conscious,
  • irresolute,
  • trivia,
  • peppy,
  • spiritless,
  • toying,
  • hypersensitive,
  • jaunty,
  • allergic,
  • high-strung,
  • touchy,
  • modest,
  • trigger-happy,
  • mysterious,
  • lightly,
  • flightiness,
  • Agitable,
  • light,
  • eery,
  • conscious,
  • fearsome,
  • inconsistent,
  • crotchety,
  • trepidant,
  • shivery,
  • shaky,
  • poor-spirited,
  • unreliable,
  • excited,
  • frivolousness,
  • skittishness,
  • animated,
  • combustible,
  • concerned,
  • aflutter,
  • skittery,
  • empty-headed,
  • captious,
  • antic.

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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