Definition for Timidity:

• The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.

Synonyms for Timidity:

• n.

  •
  • backwardness,
  • restraint.
  •
  • pause,
  • decide,
  • Shilly-shally.
  •chickenheartedness (noun)
  • faint heartednesses,
  • faint heartedness,
  • faint-heartednesses.
  •cold feet (noun)
  • reservations,
  • second thoughts,
  • anxiety,
  • backing out.
  •constraint (noun)
  • reservation,
  • repression,
  • hang-up.
  •cowardice (noun)
  • dastardliness,
  • cravenness,
  • chickenheartedness.
  •cowardliness (noun)
  • pusillanimousness,
  • spinelessness.
  •coyness (noun)
  • kittenishnesses.
  •diffidence (noun)
  • self-consciousness,
  • sheepishness,
  • mousiness,
  • insecurity,
  • in security,
  • unassertiveness,
  • reluctance.
  •embarrassment (noun)
  • fix,
  • puzzle,
  • awkwardness,
  • quandary,
  • pickle,
  • boo boo,
  • hitch,
  • hot seat,
  • complexity,
  • clumsiness,
  • mistake,
  • distress,
  • poverty,
  • bind,
  • hot water,
  • indiscretion,
  • snag,
  • confusion,
  • mortification,
  • dilemma,
  • pinch,
  • discomfiture,
  • strait,
  • uneasiness,
  • difficulty,
  • mess,
  • scrape,
  • predicament,
  • destitution,
  • tangle,
  • chagrin,
  • indebtedness,
  • unease,
  • stew,
  • discomposure,
  • plight.
  •fear (noun)
  • dismay,
  • Recreancy,
  • despair,
  • dread,
  • panic,
  • abhorrence,
  • concern,
  • creeps,
  • alarm,
  • fright,
  • disquietude,
  • misgiving,
  • suspicion,
  • nightmare,
  • funk,
  • aversion,
  • tremor,
  • phobia,
  • foreboding,
  • cold sweat,
  • qualm,
  • reverence,
  • agitation,
  • horror,
  • trembling,
  • presentiment,
  • awe,
  • revulsion,
  • consternation,
  • angst,
  • intimidation,
  • trepidation,
  • worry,
  • scare,
  • terror.
  •humility (noun)
  • servility,
  • docilities,
  • docility,
  • submissiveness,
  • self-abnegation,
  • nonresistance,
  • passiveness,
  • Lowliness,
  • resignation,
  • subservience,
  • inferiority complex,
  • demureness,
  • unobtrusiveness,
  • abasement,
  • Non-resistance,
  • subjection,
  • obedience,
  • fawning,
  • lack of pride,
  • obsequiousness,
  • self-abasement,
  • unpretentiousness.
  •indecisiveness (noun)
  • hemming hawing,
  • de-lay,
  • un-willingnesses,
  • hemming and hawings,
  • de-laying,
  • de laying,
  • mis trust,
  • in-dispositions,
  • in decision,
  • in disposition,
  • in-decisivenesses,
  • in-disposition,
  • falterings,
  • demurrals,
  • in decisivenesses,
  • hemming hawings,
  • in decisiveness,
  • un willingness,
  • mis trusts,
  • in dispositions,
  • in decisions,
  • un-willingness,
  • in-decisions,
  • un willingnesses,
  • in-decision,
  • delayings,
  • mis-trust,
  • de-lays,
  • in-decisiveness,
  • dawdlings,
  • de lays,
  • shilly shally,
  • de lay.
  •modesty (noun)
  • decency,
  • lack of pretension,
  • undemonstrativeness,
  • delicacy,
  • prudery,
  • selflessness,
  • innocence,
  • unselfishness,
  • purity,
  • chastity,
  • unostentatiousness,
  • propriety,
  • discreetness,
  • humbleness,
  • simplicity,
  • virtue,
  • quietness,
  • self-effacement,
  • celibacy.
  •nervousness (noun)
  • stage fright,
  • trembles,
  • stress,
  • dithers,
  • tizzy,
  • fluster*,
  • to-do,
  • impatience,
  • fidgets,
  • flap,
  • sensitivity,
  • tension,
  • quivers,
  • stimulation,
  • delirium,
  • turbulence,
  • anger,
  • animation,
  • jumps,
  • disquiet,
  • perturbation,
  • shakes,
  • all-overs,
  • fuss*.
  •timidity (noun)
  • fearfulness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • hesitation,
  • to and fro,
  • indecision,
  • doubt,
  • vacillation.
  •reserve
  • calmness.

Paraphrases for Timidity:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    shyness.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    diffidence, hesitancy.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    caution.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    hesitation, reluctance.

Antonyms for Timidity:

• n.

  • attribute
    boldness.
  • Other antonyms:
    fiber, backbone, resolution, insouciance, spunk, assurance, repose, daring, self-assurance, dauntlessness, gutsiness, security, audacity, hardiness, confidence, gall, audaciousness, intrepidity, intrepidness, calmness, decisiveness, cheek, hardihood, guts, unconcern, Doughtiness, self-confidence, gumption, composure, brazenness, nonchalance, firmness, mettle, bravery, temerity, determination, coolness, fearlessness, nerve, valor, resoluteness, courageousness, gameness, courage, self-assertiveness, fortitude, grit, effrontery.

Timidity Sentence Examples:

• He had quite forgotten the time when he had found Eileen's timidity pleasing.

• But if he took such a course, it would be a confession of timidity on his part against which, his nature and training rebelled.

Hypernym for Timidity:

• n.

  • attribute
    faintheartedness, faintness.
  • feeling
    diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrust, cold feet, shyness.

Hyponym for Timidity:

• n.

  • attribute
    fearfulness.
  • feeling
    fearfulness, fear, fright.