Synonyms for timid

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1. Cowardly

   fainthearted, fearful, timorous, hesitant, pusillanimous, apprehensive, frightened, nervous, unnerved, tremulous, overcautious, spiritless, weak, weak-kneed, poor-spirited, shaky, feeble, daunted, browbeaten, cowed, intimidated, spineless, cowering, soft*, yellow*, scared spitless*, chicken-livered*, chicken-hearted*, afraid of one's own shadow*, wimpy*; see also cowardly 1.

   Antonyms bold, fearless, confident.

2. Reticent

   shy, bashful, timorous, retiring, unassertive, submissive, mousy, diffident, shrinking, withdrawn, modest, shamefaced; see also humble 1. See syn. study at afraid.