Thesaurus
skittish
Synonyms and Antonyms of skittish
- the skittish colt leapt up when we approached
- the cat is skittish around people she doesn't know
chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, cowardly, craven, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, pusillanimous, spineless, unheroic, yellow
anxious, apprehensive, nervous
afraid, alarmed, horrified, panicked, panicky, panic-stricken, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized, unnerved
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
- a skittish housing market had both buyers and sellers on edge
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