Definition for Timid:

• Faint- hearted; wanting courage to meet danger or difficulty, real or imaginary.

Synonyms for Timid:

• adj.

  •cowardly (adjective)
  • gutless,
  • chicken,
  • spineless,
  • weak-kneed,
  • recreant,
  • yellow,
  • craven.
  •fearful (adjective)
  • afraid,
  • shaky,
  • cowardly,
  • pusillanimous.
  •fearsome (adjective)
  • fearsome.
  •frightened (adjective)
  • intimidated,
  • Harrowed,
  • petrified,
  • jittery,
  • lily-livered,
  • agitated,
  • unnerved,
  • horrified,
  • rattled,
  • fainthearted,
  • alarmed,
  • terrified,
  • startled,
  • anxious,
  • scared,
  • paralyzed,
  • apprehensive,
  • chicken-livered,
  • frightened.
  •gingerly (adjective)
  • gingerly.
  •henpecked (adjective)
  • under thumb.
  •humble (adjective)
  • unpretentious.
  •irresolute (adjective)
  • wishy-washy,
  • wimpy.
  •modest (adjective)
  • unselfish,
  • selfless,
  • unobtrusive,
  • reserved,
  • unpresuming,
  • undemonstrative.

• n.

  •
  • insecure,
  • ill at ease,
  • lost.
  •
  • Shilly-shally.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • inhibited,
  • Vacillatory,
  • self-effacing,
  • introverted,
  • henpecked.
  •
  • halting,
  • unstable,
  • inferior,
  • indecisive,
  • awkwardly.
  •
  • pendulous.
  •
  • awkward.
  •Other relevant words:
  • faint,
  • Feeble-minded,
  • pliable,
  • browbeaten,
  • confused,
  • goosy,
  • Startlish,
  • shamefaced,
  • inarticulate,
  • careful,
  • poltroon,
  • self-doubting,
  • circumspect,
  • edgy,
  • ineffectual,
  • wispy,
  • cozen,
  • straining,
  • abasement,
  • loath,
  • conformable,
  • get,
  • shyly,
  • entice,
  • under control,
  • manageable,
  • sheeplike,
  • lightheaded,
  • conscious,
  • swooning,
  • Chicken-hearted,
  • Stickling,
  • facile,
  • vague,
  • ineffective,
  • counsel,
  • irresponsible,
  • squeamish,
  • shame,
  • detached,
  • quietly,
  • adaptable,
  • excite,
  • decoy,
  • confess,
  • inept,
  • hesitating,
  • spookily,
  • capricious,
  • uncertain,
  • unobtrusively,
  • observant,
  • timidly,
  • reluctant,
  • tractable,
  • skittish,
  • clumsily,
  • unmanful,
  • encourage,
  • yielding,
  • weakhearted,
  • unmanned,
  • fastidious,
  • mild,
  • cautious,
  • nervously,
  • scary,
  • accommodating,
  • pliant,
  • jumpy,
  • deferential,
  • unmanlike,
  • timorous,
  • pigeonhearted,
  • lacking courage,
  • unconfident,
  • wearied,
  • broken,
  • unable,
  • tight-lipped,
  • dismiss,
  • funky,
  • dread,
  • tame,
  • restively,
  • meekly,
  • hesitatingly,
  • shivery,
  • incompetent,
  • eremitic,
  • fearfully,
  • Demurring,
  • abet,
  • trembling,
  • fetch,
  • Fearing,
  • mousey,
  • biddable,
  • dim,
  • gentle,
  • poor-spirited,
  • resigned,
  • awfully,
  • sheepishly,
  • evasive,
  • withdrawing,
  • restless,
  • shilly-shallying,
  • stammering,
  • unassumingly,
  • shamefacedly,
  • ashamed,
  • docile,
  • humiliation,
  • aloof,
  • cringing,
  • bashfully,
  • corrupt,
  • poltroonery,
  • playfully,
  • blushing,
  • chary,
  • vacillating,
  • unadventurous,
  • soft,
  • concern,
  • reticent,
  • fidgety,
  • namby-pamby,
  • shrinking,
  • uncertainly,
  • milquetoast,
  • timidity,
  • induce,
  • weak,
  • ineptly,
  • submissive,
  • hurt,
  • trigger-happy,
  • Milk-livered,
  • withdrawn,
  • cowed,
  • impotent,
  • light,
  • non-militant,
  • embarrassment,
  • fearfulness,
  • duteous,
  • skittishly,
  • self-conscious,
  • skittery,
  • sissified,
  • incertain,
  • daunted,
  • trepid,
  • sissy,
  • in a tizzy,
  • abashed,
  • cowardice,
  • terror,
  • exhausted,
  • timorously,
  • halfhearted,
  • cowering,
  • shadowy,
  • wavering,
  • Funking,
  • diffidently,
  • bewilder,
  • weak-willed,
  • feckless,
  • having cold feet,
  • fear,
  • mortification,
  • draw,
  • white-livered,
  • unsure,
  • Dough-faced,
  • impel,
  • prude,
  • affected,
  • passive,
  • unmanly,
  • awe,
  • Vitelline,
  • hesitantly,
  • unassuming,
  • subservient,
  • coax,
  • trepidant,
  • dismayed,
  • court,
  • dainty,
  • vacillate,
  • frail,
  • unaggressive,
  • feeble,
  • repressed,
  • obedient,
  • watchful,
  • chickenhearted,
  • unresponsive,
  • ambivalent,
  • guarded,
  • coward,
  • cowardliness,
  • reticently,
  • on edge,
  • unwilling,
  • bullied,
  • fright,
  • faltering,
  • uncomfortable,
  • flexible,
  • Jibbing,
  • scrupling,
  • wimpish,
  • canny,
  • Shamefast,
  • chagrin,
  • quiet,
  • whimsically,
  • dutiful,
  • skittishness,
  • dastard,
  • respectful,
  • draw in,
  • dastardly,
  • recalcitrant,
  • subdued,
  • lowly,
  • uncomplaining,
  • convince,
  • panic-stricken,
  • gangrene,
  • acquiescent,
  • compliant,
  • yellow-bellied,
  • taciturn,
  • averse,
  • standoffish,
  • uneasy,
  • ill-defined,
  • gawkily,
  • wary,
  • drag,
  • spiritless,
  • manipulable,
  • effeminate,
  • suppressed,
  • Badgered,
  • silent,
  • delicate,
  • elicit,
  • sticking,
  • distant,
  • embarrassed,
  • reclusive,
  • agreeable,
  • discombobulated,
  • removed,
  • unforthcoming,
  • amenable,
  • deceive,
  • worried.

Paraphrases for Timid:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    cautious, bashful.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    fearful, prudent, careful, reluctant, moderate, humble, wary, weak, slight, afraid, delicate, feeble, conservative.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    shy, modest, reticent, tentative, hesitant, cowardly, Half-hearted, self-conscious, over-cautious, circumspect, restrained, sensitive, coy.

Antonyms for Timid:

• adj.

  • all
    bold.
  • shy
    brave, confident, unabashed, extroverted, daring, courageous, unafraid, conceited, egotistical, fearless, able, loud, proud, calm.
  • Other antonyms:
    fresh, mettlesome, temerarious, intrepid, bright, sturdy, brilliant, hearty, game, unflinching, firm, unswerving, resolute, spunky, energetic, nervy, undeterred, clear, conspicuous, plucky, strong, determined, spirited, vigorous.