Synonyms of timid

1 Syllable

coy, weak, coyest, meek, shy, shier, shyer, soft, shyest, coyer

2 Syllables

mousier, humblest, modest, meekest, mousy, humbler, daunted, afraid, blushful, sheepish, aspen, trembling, yellow, shaky, meeker, cowed, rightist, pithless, bullied, shrinking, nervous, humble, fearful, recreant, feeble, gentle, bashful

3 Syllables

cowardly, verecund, capricious, undaring, hesitant, milquetoast, demurer, cowering, retiring, browbeaten, frightened, faint-hearted, unnerved, panicky, badgered, cowhearted, vacillant, unboastful, henpecked, aflutter, rabbity, weak-willed, demure, spineless, gingerly, wavering, spiritless, timorous, fainthearted, diffident

4 Syllables

submissive, meanspirited, on-the-fence, shillyshally, unsociable, longanimous, chicken-hearted, pigeonhearted, ambivalent, self-effacing, unassured, unpretending, unresisting, chickenhearted, goose-bumpy, vacillating, mean-spirited, lily-livered, yellow-bellied

5 Syllables

unassertive, supplicatory, traditionalist, apprehensive, intimidated, amoebalike, conservative, irresolute, uneffusive, pusillanimous

6 Syllables

traditionalistic