Synonyms for timid
ˈtɪm ɪdtimid

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1. timidadjective

   Synonyms:
   fearful, timorous, shy

   Antonyms:
   dauntless, daredevil, reckless, bellicose, aggressive

2. timidadjective

   Lacking in courage or confidence.

   John's a very timid person. I'll doubt he'll be brave enough to face his brother.

   Synonyms:
   shy, fearful, timorous

   Antonyms:
   daredevil, reckless, bellicose, dauntless, aggressive

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. timid

   Faint, with the general sense of lacking strength or effectiveness, covers a wide range of meaning, signifying overcome with physical weakness or exhaustion, or lacking in purpose, courage, or energy, as said of persons; or lacking definiteness or distinctness of color or sound, as said of written characters, voices, or musical notes. A person may be faint when physically wearied, or when overcome with fear; he may be a faint adherent because naturally feeble or purposeless, or because half-hearted in the cause; he may be a faltering supporter because naturally irresolute or because faint-hearted and timid in view of perils that threaten, a listless worker, through want of mental energy and purpose. Written characters may be faint or dim, either because originally written with poor ink, or because they have become faded by time and exposure.

   Synonyms:
   dim, exhausted, faded, faint, faint-hearted, faltering, fatigued, feeble, half-hearted, ill-defined, indistinct, irresolute, languid, listless, purposeless, weak, wearied, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   bright, brilliant, clear, conspicuous, daring, energetic, fresh, hearty, resolute, strong, sturdy, vigorous

   Preposition:
   Faint with hunger; faint in color.

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1. timid

   Synonyms:
   fearful, pusillanimous, shy, diffident, coy, timorous, afraid, cowerly, fainthearted, inadventurous

   Antonyms:
   bold, confident, venturesome, courageous, overventuresome, rash, audacious

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. timid, cautiousadjective

   people who are fearful and cautious

   "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"

   Synonyms:
   cautious

   Antonyms:
   brave, courageous, nervy, overreaching, heroic, reckless, foolhardy, temerarious, intrepid, heady, heroical, dauntless, bold, overvaliant, hardy, emboldened, unfearing, rash, audacious, vaulting, fearless, daredevil

2. timidadjective

   showing fear and lack of confidence

   Synonyms:
   fainthearted, faint-hearted, faint, shy, diffident, unsure

   Antonyms:
   brave, foolhardy, overreaching, rash, temerarious, fearless, bold, heroic, dauntless, unfearing, nervy, vaulting, audacious, intrepid, emboldened, overvaliant, heady, hardy, daredevil, courageous, heroical, reckless

3. diffident, shy, timid, unsureadjective

   lacking self-confidence

   "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"

   Synonyms:
   diffident, faint, shy(p), fainthearted, faint-hearted, uncertain, shy, unsure, incertain

   Antonyms:
   brave, hardy, foolhardy, overreaching, reckless, heady, courageous, dauntless, overvaliant, audacious, heroical, emboldened, fearless, intrepid, daredevil, heroic, vaulting, temerarious, rash, bold, unfearing, nervy

4. faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-heartedadjective

   lacking conviction or boldness or courage

   "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"

   Synonyms:
   weak, unsure, dim, shy, swooning, vague, faint-hearted, fainthearted, light-headed, faint, lightheaded, wispy, light, shadowy, diffident, feeble

   Antonyms:
   brave, foolhardy, audacious, vaulting, heroical, dauntless, fearless, overreaching, hardy, nervy, daredevil, heroic, heady, intrepid, reckless, courageous, rash, bold, overvaliant, unfearing, emboldened, temerarious

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1. easily frightened

   Submitted by anonymous on August 16, 2020  

2. fattu

   who get easily worried and fearfull

   Submitted by anonymous on May 20, 2020  

3. sheeple

   sheep are timid animals, so anyone referred to as being sheeple can be said to be timid. lack of courage.

   children of most developing countries are not timid because they are sent to developed countries for education

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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1. timidadjective

   Synonyms:
   timorous, fearful, nervous, skittish, shy, cowardly, pusillanimous, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, easily frightened, not bold

2. timidadjective

   Synonyms:
   diffident, bashful, retiring, coy, sheepish, shrinking, blushing, shame-faced, over-modest

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1. timidadjective

   Synonyms:
   timorous, shy, diffident, meticulous, faint-hearted, cowardly

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1. List of paraphrases for "timid":

   shy, bashful, modest, tentative, cautious, cowardly, hesitant, reticent, half-hearted, fearful, over-cautious, self-conscious, coy

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How to use timid in a sentence?

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.

2. President Barack Obama:

   I want us to be able when we walk out this door to say we couldn't think of anything else that we didn't try to do, that we didn't shy away from a challenge because it was hard. That we weren't timid or got tired or somehow thinking about the next thing because there is no next thing.

3. President Barack Obama:

   I want us to be able, when we walk out this door, to say, 'We couldn't think of anything else that we didn't try to do ... that we weren't timid or got tired or somehow thinking about the next thing because there is no next thing,'.

4. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

   We can not be timid in addressing this problem, and I am a mayor that does not shy away from our city's big challenges.

5. Simon Flarity:

   A very loud firecracker, and he was not expecting it, whatever combination it was, it was enough to set his already being timid into a flight mode, and I haven't been able to find him since.