Synonyms for skittish
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Easily scared or startled; timid.
The dog likes people he knows, but he is skittish around strangers.
Related words
- Word family
- skittishness
Example sentences
- nervous Waiting a long time for a friend makes me nervous.
- timid She seems oddly shy and timid for a press officer.
- jumpy Tom and Mary seemed a little jumpy, didn't they?
- shy Shy children never laugh until everyone else does.
- restless The longer we stayed, the more restless we became.
By length
- 3 letters
- shy1
- 5 letters
- timid2, jumpy2
- 6 letters
- spooky2, wanton2
- 7 letters
- nervous2, flighty2, restive2
- 8 letters
- volatile3, restless2, timorous3, skittery, spookish
- 9 letters
- excitable4
- 10 letters
- squirrelly, skitterish
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timid2 = 2 syllables).