What is another word for timorous?
447 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈɪməɹəs], [ tˈɪməɹəs], [ t_ˈɪ_m_ə_ɹ_ə_s]
Timorous is an adjective used to describe someone who is timid or easily frightened. Some synonyms for timorous include shy, nervous, apprehensive, fearful, and cowardly. Other words you could use instead of timorous might include hesitant, doubtful, reluctant, or cautious. These synonyms all carry similar meanings to timorous but may be more or less appropriate depending on the context in which they are used. For example, hesitant might be a better choice when describing someone who is unsure of a decision they need to make, while cowardly might be more appropriate when describing someone who fails to act when they need to.
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Similar words for timorous:
- afraid (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- bashful (adjective)
- cowardly (adjective)
- craven (adjective)
- diffident (adjective)
- fearful (adjective)
- fearsome (adjective)
- humble (adjective)
- jumpy (adjective)
- mousy (adjective)
- nervous (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- recreant (adjective)
- retiring (adjective)
- sheepish (adjective)
- timid (adjective)
- tremulous (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- withdrawn (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- abject
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Timorous:
adj.
• afraid (adjective)- distressed,
- trembling,
- upset,
- cowed,
- blanched,
- frightened,
- horrified,
- aroused,
- rattled,
- daunted,
- dismayed,
- abashed,
- suspicious,
- scared,
- alarmed,
- intimidated,
- perturbed,
- aghast,
- startled,
- anxious,
- panic-stricken,
- petrified,
- timorous,
- worried,
- discouraged,
- terrified,
- disturbed,
- disheartened,
- have cold feet,
- perplexed,
- frozen,
- shocked,
- spooked,
- stunned.
- blushing,
- coy,
- modest,
- reticent,
- chary,
- constrained,
- confused,
- silent,
- Verecund,
- self-effacing,
- self-conscious,
- Recoiling,
- shamefaced,
- embarrassed,
- demure,
- backward,
- reserved.
- recreant,
- paper tiger,
- dastardly,
- caitiff,
- Chicken-hearted,
- softer,
- having the willies,
- cowering,
- yellow-bellied,
- afraid,
- running scared,
- pigeonhearted,
- weak-kneed,
- base,
- Cowhearted,
- weak,
- jittery,
- no guts,
- worthless,
- lacking courage.
- insecure,
- Blenching,
- unassuming,
- dubious,
- unsure,
- doubtful,
- unobtrusive,
- reluctant,
- Unpoised,
- Flinching,
- distrustful.
- agitated,
- nerveless,
- shaky,
- solicitous,
- chickenhearted,
- disquieted,
- discomposed,
- quivery,
- goose-bumpy,
- uneasy,
- tense,
- in a dither,
- unmanly,
- phobic,
- nervy,
- aflutter,
- skittish.
- obliging,
- subservient,
- mild,
- ordinary,
- unostentatious,
- reverential,
- polite,
- deferential,
- manageable,
- quiet,
- obsequious,
- sedate,
- supplicatory,
- respectful,
- servile,
- tractable,
- unpretentious,
- courteous,
- submissive,
- soft-spoken,
- content,
- lowly,
- simple,
- unambitious,
- docile,
- gentle,
- standoffish,
- biddable.
- more nervous,
- up tight,
- most flustered,
- more flustered,
- un strung,
- unstrung,
- most ruffled,
- more ruffled,
- un-strung,
- up-tight,
- taut.
- retiring,
- on pins and needles,
- over-modest,
- diffident,
- mousy,
- run scared,
- unexpansive,
- up set,
- nongregarious,
- in awe,
- Unaffable,
- sheepish,
- blushful,
- unassured,
- scared stiff,
- jumpy,
- fearful,
- terror-stricken,
- withdrawn,
- unrestful,
- faint-hearted,
- non-gregarious,
- Uncompanionable,
- panicky,
- rabbity,
- bashful,
- scared to death,
- craven,
- not forward,
- humble,
- aspen,
- tremulous,
- over-wrought,
- meanspirited,
- wussy,
- overmodest,
- Poltroonish,
- unassertive,
- nervous,
- uncurious,
- wimpish,
- wimpy,
- timid.
- more unexpansive,
- most unexpansive,
- un-affable,
- more nongregarious,
- most withdrawing,
- recessive,
- re-tiring,
- non gregarious,
- un-expansive,
- un-sociable,
- with drawing,
- un expansive,
- more unaffable,
- re tiring,
- most nongregarious,
- un affable,
- more reclusive,
- more withdrawing,
- re-strained,
- with-drawing,
- re strained,
- most unaffable.
- more milquetoast,
- more badgered,
- unnerved,
- most badgered,
- having cold feet,
- more unnerved,
- un-nerved,
- most browbeaten,
- un nerved,
- most bullied,
- most milquetoast,
- more bullied,
- more browbeaten,
- most unnerved.
- most retreated,
- un-demonstrative,
- un-forthcoming,
- in-different,
- in-curious,
- most uncurious,
- re tired,
- in different,
- un curious,
- more retreated,
- more unforthcoming,
- unforthcoming,
- un-companionable,
- un demonstrative,
- dis-interested,
- re treated,
- un companionable,
- dis interested,
- un interested,
- in curious,
- re-mote,
- un concerned,
- un-curious,
- un-interested,
- more uncompanionable,
- un-concerned,
- most uncompanionable,
- more uncurious,
- with-drawn,
- re-treated,
- most unforthcoming,
- un forthcoming,
- with drawn,
- un-communicative.
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)Other synonyms:
• abject • Other relevant words:- shy.
- under control,
- convince,
- eremitic,
- dainty,
- sissified,
- terrible,
- awkward,
- unwilling,
- fetch,
- gingerly,
- induce,
- Milk-livered,
- fainthearted,
- delicate,
- dastard,
- soft,
- spiritless,
- impel,
- in fear,
- irresolute,
- shivery,
- confess,
- fear,
- ineffective,
- draw,
- impotent,
- dreaded,
- uncomfortable,
- undaring,
- desperate,
- draw in,
- inept,
- jitteriness,
- subdued,
- guarded,
- hesitant,
- poltroon,
- Effet,
- bewilder,
- timidity,
- Fearing,
- skittery,
- horrendous,
- skittishness,
- timorousness,
- suppressed,
- edgy,
- coward,
- trigger-happy,
- distant,
- frightening,
- decoy,
- reclusive,
- aloof,
- fastidious,
- shrinking,
- quivering,
- meek,
- feckless,
- tentative,
- changeable,
- sissy,
- watchful,
- poltroonery,
- excite,
- taciturn,
- Vitelline,
- horrific,
- cautious,
- uncourageous,
- unmanned,
- jumpiness,
- shuddering,
- Funking,
- corrupt,
- coax,
- freakish,
- trepidant,
- cowardliness,
- detached,
- squeamish,
- abet,
- tame,
- deceive,
- under thumb,
- conscious,
- white-livered,
- unpresuming,
- goosy,
- counsel,
- incompetent,
- restive,
- recalcitrant,
- effeminate,
- bad,
- get,
- diffidence,
- removed,
- compliant,
- wet,
- circumspect,
- wishy-washy,
- foolish,
- nervousness,
- timidness,
- shivering,
- fickle,
- withdrawing,
- unconfident,
- drag,
- introverted,
- awful,
- unsociable,
- chicken-livered,
- frightful,
- weakhearted,
- dire,
- court,
- quailing,
- extreme,
- apprehensive,
- leery,
- careful,
- elicit,
- faint,
- Startlish,
- monstrous,
- mousey,
- affected,
- cozen,
- unsocial,
- scary,
- evasive,
- dreadful,
- alarming,
- canny,
- entice,
- restiveness,
- stammering,
- pliant,
- cowardice,
- funky,
- atrocious,
- Shamefast,
- wary,
- inarticulate,
- encourage,
- namby-pamby.
How to use "Timorous" in context?
There's a lot of things to fear in the world, but timorous is one of the lesser-known and less understood. Timorous is the noun for somebody who is easily scared or causes others to be scared. It can be used to describe somebody who is overly anxious or someone who is feeling too shy to do or say something. Timorous can also be used to describe somebody who is constantly worried or anxious. Timorous can also be used to describe somebody who is too worried about making mistakes or someone who is always cautious.
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