Synonyms of shy

1 Syllable

shying, chuck, throw, void, coy, coyest, flung, shied, balk, mum, threw, duck, loath, jib, shuns, shun, coyer

2 Syllables

casting, mousier, jibbed, humblest, conscious, modest, chucked, gagged, deflect, mousy, volleying, humbler, jibbing, loner, mumer, balked, demur, husher, afraid, shunning, ducked, scanty, gagging, skittish, timid, sheepish, scarcer, throwing, wincing, cringed, shunned, wary, junker, chucking, avoid, eschew, fearing, cautious, failing, winced, wanting, voiding, ducking, demurs, shrinking, phobic, screened, chary, slewing, nervous, scantiest, balking, silent, withdrawn, humble, scarcest, fearful, scantier, backward, skimpier, voider, skimpy, slewed, volleyed, leery, cringe, bashful, wince

3 Syllables

silentious, reserved, declining, evaded, averse, eluded, careful, pelleted, declined, suspicious, shorthanded, unwilling, ashamed, unsocial, cowardly, deviate, evading, dissenting, introvert, hesitant, unthriving, circumspect, softspoken, distrustful, eluding, unanxious, demurer, avoided, retiring, blockaded, eschewed, reluctant, demurring, uneager, elude, uncheerful, cowhearted, self-conscious, secluded, ill-at-ease, vacillant, eschewing, demurred, niggardly, deficient, aflutter, avoiding, demure, deflected, reticent, unspeaking, tongue-tied, deviated, timorous, deflecting, diffident

4 Syllables

self-controlled, self-restrained, unemphatic, elusive, introverted, inconspicuous, indisposed, unforthcoming, shillyshally, recessive, unconspicuous, unsociable, insociable, disinclined, chicken-hearted, unobliging, undermanned, shamefaced, self-effacing, unassured, elusory, goose-bumpy, insufficient

5 Syllables

unassertive, unresponsive, unnoticeable, circumlocute, circumlocate, supplicatory, apprehensive, inadequate, uneffusive

6 Syllables

uncompanionable, unaccommodating