skittish

Synonyms

fainthearted, fearful, fearsome, mousy (or mousey), scary, shy, timid, timorous, tremulous;

Antonyms

adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, dashing, gutsy, hardy, venturesome, venturous;

Near Antonyms

brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undaunted, valiant, valorous;

assured, confident, self-assured, self-confident;

determined, firm, game, plucky, resolute, undeterred, unflinching, unswerving;

mettlesome, spirited, spunky;

Related Words

chicken, chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, spineless, yellow;

jittery, jumpy, spooky;

anxious, apprehensive, nervous;

afraid, alarmed, horrified, panicked, panicky, panic-stricken, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized, unnerved;