Synonyms of the word

timid

• adj. Lacking in courage or confidence.

afraid

• adj. (usually used predicatively, not attributively) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
• adj. (colloquial) regretful, sorry.

backward

• adj. (of motion) Pertaining to the direction towards the back.
• adj. (of motion) Pertaining to the direction reverse of normal.
• adj. Reluctant or unable to advance.
• adj. Of a culture considered undeveloped or unsophisticated.
• adj. Pertaining to a thought or value that is considered outdated.
• adj. (cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
• adj. (cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
• adj. (obsolete) Unwilling; averse; reluctant.
• adj. Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
• adj. Late or behindhand.
• adj. (obsolete) Already past or gone; bygone.
• adv. (of motion) In the direction towards the back; backwards.
• adv. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
• adv. By way of reflection; reflexively.
• adv. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
• n. The state behind or past.

bashful

• adj. Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
• adj. Indicating bashfulness.

cautious

• adj. careful; using or exercising caution; tentative.

cowardly

• adj. Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; basely or weakly fearful.
• adv. (archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.

coy

• adj. (dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.
• adj. (archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.
• adj. Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
• adj. Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
• adj. Soft, gentle, hesitating.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To caress, pet; to coax, entice.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To calm or soothe.
• v. To allure; to decoy.
• n. A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.
• n. (military) A company.

diffident

• adj. (archaic): Lacking confidence in others; distrustful.
• adj. Lacking confidence in oneself; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful;…

faint

• adj. (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness.
• adj. Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.
• adj. hardly perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
• adj. Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.
• adj. Slight; minimal.
• n. The act of fainting, syncope.
• n. (rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
• v. (intransitive) To lose consciousness. Caused by a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as…
• v. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
• v. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

faint-hearted

• adj. Lacking courage; timid.

fainthearted

• adj. Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.

fearful

• adj. Frightening.
• adj. (now rare) Frightened, filled with terror.
• adj. Tending to fear.
• adj. (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.

intimidated

• adj. Affected by intimidation.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of intimidate.

mousey

• adj. Alternative spelling of mousy.

mousy

• adj. Resembling a mouse.
• adj. Quiet, stealthy.
• adj. Timid.
• adj. A greyish brown colour.

people

• n. Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two…
• n. (countable) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group,…
• n. A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
• n. One's colleagues or employees.
• n. A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
• n. The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the…
• n. plural of person.
• v. (transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
• v. (intransitive) To become populous or populated.
• v. (transitive) To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

shy

• adj. Easily frightened; timid.
• adj. Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
• adj. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
• adj. (informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
• adj. Embarrassed.
• v. (intransitive) To avoid due to timidness or caution.
• v. (intransitive) To jump back in fear.
• v. (transitive) to throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
• n. An act of throwing.
• n. A place for throwing.
• n. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
• n. In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.

timorous

• adj. fearful, afraid, timid.

trepid

• adj. timid, timorous, fearful.

unadventurous

• adj. Not adventurous.

unassertive

• adj. Not assertive.

unconfident

• adj. Not confident.

unsure

• adj. uncertain.
• adj. unstable or precarious.