Entry Word: timidity

Function: noun

Meaning: lack of willingness to assert oneself and take risks <none of the scouts showed the least timidity about rappeling down the cliff>

Synonyms faintheartedness, timidness, timorousness

Related Words bashfulness, constraint, embarrassment, inhibition, restraint, shyness, skittishness; hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, irresoluteness, irresolution; alarm, anxiety, apprehension, concern, discomposure, dismay, fear, panic, upset, worry; cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, spinelessness, yellowness

Near Antonyms assurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence; composure, coolness, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern; backbone, decisiveness, determination, fiber, firmness, fortitude, gameness, grit, gumption, mettle, resoluteness, resolution, spunk; bravery, courage, courageousness, daring, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, intrepidity, intrepidness

Antonyms audaciousness, audacity, boldness, guts, nerve