Thesaurus / timid

timid

See definition of timid on Dictionary.com

adj.shy

antonyms for timid

MOST RELEVANT

TRY USING timid

See how your sentence looks with different synonyms.

QUIZ

Bask In Nostalgia With This Quiz On Big Words From Children's Books

START THE QUIZ

How to use timid in a sentence

We exchanged timid greetings while the rest of them settled down.

LOCKED UP IN THE LAND OF LIBERTY: PART IYARIEL VALDÉS GONZÁLEZJULY 7, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE

Colonial hasn’t fully changed that, but I think we’re moving away from a timid response.

COULD THE RANSOMWARE CRISIS FORCE ACTION AGAINST RUSSIA?PATRICK HOWELL O'NEILLMAY 21, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

“At first, I was a little bit timid because I wasn’t sure how they would react,” JJ said.

AFTER THE SHOOTING, A BOY GAVE FLOWERS TO WORKERS AT KING SOOPERS STORES NEAR THE ATTACKSYDNEY PAGEMARCH 25, 2021WASHINGTON POST

We’re not going to make the same mistake we made after the last economic downturn, when Congress did too little to help the nation rebound … we’re not going to be timid in the face of big challenges.

SENATE REVAMPS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND REJECTS MINIMUM-WAGE INCREASE AS CHAMBER DEBATES $1.9 TRILLION STIMULUSERICA WERNER, JEFF STEIN, TONY ROMMMARCH 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST

One night after her program, the typically timid Evie perked up in her chair at the dinner table, excited to share some news.

WHY THE EQUALITY ACT MATTERS FOR OUR FAMILY—AND FOR MANY OTHERS ACROSS AMERICAMARIE NEWMAN AND EVIE NEWMANMARCH 3, 2021TIME

If it were not for the cowardly fear of being thought timid, there would be more care used in such matters.

GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY

The public eye, ever watchful and timid, waits scarcely for the show of danger to take alarm and withdraw its favour.

BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS

One retrograde or timid step would open the eyes of men, and bring down ruin on the Pantamorphica.

BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS

Impudent and reckless us he had been all his life, he was now more timid and nervous than an hysterical girl.

BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS

She smiled back at him, a pale, timid smile, like a gleam of sunshine from a wintry sky.

ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985

Choose the synonym for future

capacitor

lightning

DeLorean

timid

synonyms for timid

antonyms for timid

TRY USING timid

How to use timid in a sentence

WORDS RELATED TO TIMID

timid

antonyms for timid

TRY USING timid

How to use timid in a sentence

WORDS RELATED TO TIMID

.css-lmff85{color:#00248B;cursor:pointer;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;}afraid

backward

bashful

chickenhearted

conservative

cowardly

afraid