timid
Meanings
Noun
- people who are fearful and cautious
- "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"
Adjective
- showing fear and lack of confidence
- lacking self-confidence
- "problems that call for bold not timid responses"
Adjective Satellite
- lacking conviction or boldness or courage
Adj
- Lacking in courage or confidence.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from timeō (“I fear”).
Synonyms
abashed, alert, attentive, bashful, bookish, canny, careful, cautelous, cautious, chary, circumspect, conservative, coy, deliberate, diffident, discreet, distant, embarrassed, faint, faint-hearted, fainthearted, fearful, guarded, heedful, heedy, hesitant, meticulous, mindful, mousy, passive, prudent, quiet, reckful, reclusive, retiring, safe, sensible, shamefast, sheep-faced, sheepish, shy, slow, submissive, tentative, timid, timorous, uncommunicative, unsure, wary, well-advised
Antonyms
aggressive, bellicose, bold, brave, confident, courageous, daredevil, dauntless, rash, reckless
Scrabble Score: 8
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