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timid

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of timid

easily frightened

A timid rabbit hopped cautiously out of the hedge.

Synonyms of timid

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

Words Related to timid

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

Near Antonyms of timid

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

Antonyms of timid

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

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