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| Main Entry: | timid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | afraid, ambivalent, apprehensive, bashful, capricious, cowardly, coy, demure, diffident, fainthearted, fearful, feeble, frightened, gentle, humble, intimidated, irresolute, modest, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, retiring, shaky, shrinking, soft, spineless, spiritless, submissive, timid, timorous, vacillating, wavering, weak, yellow*, badgered, browbeaten, bullied, cowed, cowering, daunted, having cold feet, milquetoast, trembling, unassertive, unassured, unnerved |
| Notes: | timid is used of a person's character or disposition; timorous is used of a person's action or behavior |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, daring, extroverted, fearless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bashful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | abashed, backward, blushing, chary, confused, coy, demure, diffident, embarrassed, humble, modest, nervous, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-conscious, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, silent, timid, timorous, blushful, constrained, overmodest, recoiling, self-effacing, unassertive, verecund |
| Antonyms: | confident, unabashed, unshy |
| Main Entry: | conservative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo |
| Synonyms: | bourgeois, constant, conventional, die-hard, fearful, firm, fuddy-duddy*, guarded, hard hat, illiberal, inflexible, middle-of-the-road*, obstinate, old guard*, orthodox, quiet, reactionary, redneck*, right, right-wing, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, unchangeable, unchanging, unimaginative, Tory, controlled, fogyish, hidebound, holding to, in a rut, not extreme, old line, right of center, traditionalistic, uncreative, undaring, unprogressive, white bread |
| Antonyms: | exaggerated, incautious, left-wing, liberal, progressive, radical |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cowardly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, anxious, apprehensive, backward, base, caitiff, craven, dastardly, diffident, fainthearted, frightened, gutless, jittery, lily-livered*, nervous, paper tiger*, pusillanimous, recreant, retiring, scared, shrinking, shy, soft*, spineless*, timid, timorous, weak, worthless, yellow*, chicken-hearted, cowering, cowhearted, dismayed, having the willies, lacking courage, no guts, panicky, pigeonhearted, running scared, weak-kneed, yellow-bellied |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, unafraid, undaunted, unfearful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very modest |
| Synonyms: | backward, bashful, blushing, demure, diffident, evasive, flirtatious, humble, kittenish, prudish, reserved, retiring, shrinking, shy, skittish, timid, coquettish, overmodest, rabbity, self-effacing, unassertive |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, forward, immodest, impudent, unshy |
| Main Entry: | demure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reserved, affected |
| Synonyms: | backward, bashful, blushing, close, coy, decorous, diffident, earnest, humble, modest, nice, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, reticent, retiring, sedate, serious, shy, silent, skittish, sober, solemn, staid, strait-laced, timid, unassuming, unassertive, unassured |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, bold, extroverted, outgoing, shameless, strong |
| Main Entry: | diffident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hesitant; unconfident |
| Synonyms: | backward, bashful, chary, coy, demure, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, humble, insecure, meek, modest, mousy, reluctant, reserved, retiring, self-conscious, sheepish, shrinking, shy, suspicious, timid, timorous, unassuming, unobtrusive, unsure, withdrawn, blenching, constrained, flinching, rabbity, self-effacing, unassertive, unassured, unpoised |
| Antonyms: | bold, confident |
| Main Entry: | gingerly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful |
| Synonyms: | calculating, cautious, chary, circumspect, considerate, dainty, delicate, discreet, fastidious, guarded, hesitant, reluctant, safe, squeamish, suspicious, timid, wary |
| Antonyms: | careless, rash, rough, uncareful, uncautious |
| Main Entry: | hesitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncertain, waiting |
| Synonyms: | afraid, averse, backward, delaying, diffident, disinclined, doubtful, doubting, half-hearted, halting, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, lazy, loath, reluctant, shy, skeptical, slow, tentative, timid, unpredictable, unsure, unwilling, vacillating, wavering, dawdling, faltering, hanging back, lacking confidence, uneager |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, resolute, sure, unwavering, unhesitant |
| Main Entry: | irresolute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indecisive |
| Synonyms: | changing, doubtful, doubting, fearful, fickle, halfhearted*, halting, hesitant, hesitating, infirm, shaky, tentative, timid, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, wavering, weak, wishy-washy*, wobbly, faltering, fluctuating, hot-and-cold, on-the-fence, waffling, weak-kneed, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | definite, determined, obstinate, resolute, stubborn, unyielding, willful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meek |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy; compliant |
| Synonyms: | deferential, docile, forbearing, gentle, humble, lenient, long-suffering, lowly, manageable, mild, modest, nothing, orderly, pabulum*, passive, patient, peaceful, plain, resigned, serene, soft, spineless, spiritless, subdued, submissive, tame, timid, tolerant, unassuming, unpretentious, weak, wishy-washy*, yielding, zero*, acquiescent, longanimous, milquetoast, unresisting, weak-kneed |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, immodest, impertinent, uninhibited, emboldened |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mousy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | drab; quiet |
| Synonyms: | bashful, colorless, diffident, dull, indeterminate, ineffectual, pale, plain, shy, timid, timorous, unassuming, self-effacing, unassertive |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, extroverted, fancy, fixed-up |
| Main Entry: | nervous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, annoyed, apprehensive, basket case*, bothered, concerned, distressed, disturbed, edgy, excitable, fidgety, fitful, fussy*, hesitant, high-strung*, hysterical, irritable, jittery*, jumpy*, nervy*, neurotic, on edge*, overwrought, querulous, restive, sensitive, shaky*, shrinking, shy, skittish, snappish, solicitous, taut, tense, timid, timorous, troubled, uneasy, unstrung, upset, uptight, volatile, weak, wired*, worried, flustered, ruffled, spooked, twitchy, unrestful |
| Antonyms: | brave, calm, unafraid, unnervous, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | retiring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy, undemonstrative |
| Synonyms: | backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, humble, meek, modest, quiet, recessive, reclusive, reserved, restrained, reticent, shrinking, timid, timorous, unassuming, unsociable, withdrawn, nongregarious, not forward, rabbity, self-effacing, unaffable, unassertive, unexpansive, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | demonstrative, extroverted, outgoing, self-confident |
| Main Entry: | sheepish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy, embarrassed |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, diffident, docile, foolish, guilty, retiring, self-conscious, shamefaced, silly, tame, timid, timorous, uncomfortable, chagrined, mortified |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, bold, unashamed, unembarrassed |
| Main Entry: | spineless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cowardly |
| Synonyms: | fearful, feeble, frightened, gutless*, impotent, inadequate, ineffective, ineffectual, irresolute, lily-livered*, nerveless, soft, spiritless, squeamish, submissive, timid, vacillating, weak, weak-willed, yellow*, amoebalike, faint-hearted, forceless, invertebrate, pithless, weak-kneed, yellow-bellied |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsociable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfriendly |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antagonistic, cold, cool, distant, hostile, inaccessible, inhospitable, introverted, laid-back*, recessive, reclusive, reserved, retiring, secretive, sensitive, shy, standoffish*, stuck-up*, timid, unapproachable, unbending, uncommunicative, uncongenial, uppity*, withdrawn, brooding, easy-going, nongregarious, unforthcoming, unneighborly, unsocial |
| Antonyms: | approachable, friendly, nice, sociable, social |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | henpecked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dominated by one's wife |
| Synonyms: | acquiescent, browbeaten, compliant, constrained, docile, dominated, in fear of one's wife, intimidated, led by the nose, meek, nagged, obedient, passive, resigned, subjected to nagging, submissive, timid, unassertive, under one's thumb, unresisting, wife-ridden, yielding |
| Main Entry: | mean-spirited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | base |
| Synonyms: | cowardly, mean, servile, timid, weak |
| Main Entry: | recreant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cowardly |
| Synonyms: | afraid, apostate, arrant, base, craven, dastardly, disloyal, faithless, false, fearful, frightened, gutless, hesitant, low, mean-spirited, perfidious, scared, spiritless, timid, timorous, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, unmanly, vile, yellow*, yielding, cowering, defecting, falsehearted, pigeonhearted, skulking, sneaking |
| Antonyms: | brave, courageous, loyal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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