Synonyms for timidity
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Timorousness
2. Shyness
shyness, diffidence, cowardice, fear, feer US, fere UK, fearfulness, effeminacy, bashfulness, coyness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being timid; shyness.
Forms
- Plural
- timidities → timorousnesses, shynesses, diffidences, cowardices…
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Timidity is a quality, habit, or condition, a readiness to be affected with fear. A person of great timidity is constantly liable to needless alarm and even terror.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- shyness His shyness made public speaking a torment to him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| timidity | steady | |
| shyness | rising | |
| diffidence | steady | |
| skittishness | rising | |
| shamefacedness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fear1, fere, feer
- 7 letters
- shyness2, coyness
- 9 letters
- cowardice3, timidness
- 10 letters
- diffidence, effeminacy
- 11 letters
- fearfulness, bashfulness3
- 12 letters
- skittishness3, timorousness
- 14 letters
- shamefacedness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shyness2 = 2 syllables).