Synonyms for coy
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Demure — bashful, shy, retiring
demure, timid, shy, bashful, diffident, modest, retiring, backward, overmodest, shamefaced
Definitions
- adj. 1
Bashful, shy, retiring.
Related words
- Word family
- coyness
Example sentences
- shy Shy children never laugh until everyone else does.
- timid She seems oddly shy and timid for a press officer.
- demure Skura's style of dress was described as demure.
- bashful The boy is bashful and doesn't talk much.
By length
- 3 letters
- shy1
- 5 letters
- timid2
- 6 letters
- modest2, demure2
- 7 letters
- bashful2
- 8 letters
- retiring3, backward2
- 9 letters
- diffident
- 10 letters
- shamefaced, overmodest
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timid2 = 2 syllables).