| ADJECTIVE | all | timid | showing fear and lack of confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | timid, diffident, shy, unsure | lacking self-confidence | |
| all | timid, faint, fainthearted, faint-hearted | lacking conviction or boldness or courage | |
| NOUN | group | timid, cautious | people who are fearful and cautious |
| Sounds | tih'mihd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... | |
| Meaning | showing fear and lack of confidence. | |
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| Attribute of | timidity, timorousness | fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities |
| Narrower | bashful | self-consciously timid |
| coy | modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures | |
| fearful, timorous, trepid | timid by nature or revealing timidity | |
| intimidated | made timid or fearful as by threats / threats | |
| mousy, mousey | quiet and timid and ineffectual | |
| See also | afraid | Filled with fear or apprehension |
| backward | (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature | |
| cowardly, fearful | lacking courage | |
| unadventurous | lacking in boldness | |
| unassertive | Inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence | |
| Opposite | bold | fearless and daring |
| Spanish | tímido | |
| Catalan | tímid | |
| Nouns | timidity, timidness | fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions |
| Adverbs | timidly | in a shy or timid or bashful manner |
| Meaning | Lacking self-confidence. | |
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| Example | "problems that call for bold not timid responses" | |
| Synonyms | diffident, shy, unsure | |
| Attribute of | confidence | A feeling of trust (in someone or something) |
| Opposite | confident | Having or marked by confidence or assurance |
| Spanish | difidente, inseguro, tímido, vergonzoso | |
| Catalan | insegur, tímid, vergonyós | |
| Nouns | timidness | fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions |
| Meaning | lacking conviction or boldness or courage. | |
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| Synonyms | faint, fainthearted, faint-hearted | |
| Broader | cowardly, fearful | lacking courage |
| Spanish | débil, medroso, pusilánime, tímido | |
| Catalan | indecís, poruc, pusil·lànime | |
| Nouns | timidity, timorousness | fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities |
| timidness, timorousness | fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions | |
| Meaning | People who are fearful and cautious. | |
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| Example | "whitewater rafting is not for the timid" | |
| Synonym | cautious | |
| Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
| Opposite | brave | People who are brave |
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