Shy - synonyms

Total 321 synonym synonyms found for shy.

Pyrrhonic

about the bush

afraid

agnostic

apprehensive

around the bush

arrested

averse

avert

avoid

back down

backhanded

backward

balance

balk

bankrupt in

bare of

bashful

be startled

bear off

beat about

beat around

beg the question

bereft of

bicker

bilk

blench

blink

boggle

boggling

bowl

cagey

callow

cast

cast at

catapult

cautious

cavil

chary

choplogic

chuck

chuck at

chunk

circumspect

confused

conscious

cowardly

coy

cringe

dart

dash

debate

defective

deficient

deliberate

demur

demure

demurring

denuded of

deprived of

destitute of

devoid of

diffident

distrustful

dodge

double

doubtful

doubting

draw aside

draw back

draw in

dubious

duck

ease off

edge off

elude

embryonic

empty of

equivocate

eschew

evade

evade the issue

fade

failing

fall back

falter

faltering

fear

fearful

fearing

fearsome

fence

fight shy

fight shy of

fire

fire at

flinch

fling

fling at

flip

fly off

for want of

fork

forlorn of

from Missouri

gag

gee

glance

glance off

go off

goosy

hang back

hang off

have qualms

haw

head off

heave

heave at

hedge

hem and haw

hesitant

hesitate

hesitating

hold off

hover

hum and haw

hurl

hurl against

hurl at

hurtle

hypoplastic

immature

in arrear

in arrears

in default

in default of

in doubt

in fear

in short supply

in want of

inadequate

inarticulate

incomplete

indisposed

infant

insufficient

introversive

introvert

introverted

jerk

jib

jump

jump a mile

jumpy

lacking

lance

launch

leery

let fly

let fly at

loath

lob

make bones about

make way for

missing

mistrustful

mistrusting

modest

mousy

move aside

mystify

needing

nervous

nitpick

obscure

out of

out of pocket

palter

panic

parry

part

partial

pass

patchy

pause

peg

pelt

pick nits

pitch

pitchfork

ponder

pot

prevaricate

pull away

pull back

pull in

pull out

pussyfoot

put

put off

put the shot

quail

qualmish

questioning

quibble

rabbity

recoil

reel back

reluctant

reserved

retiring

retract

retreat

scant

scant of

scanty

scarce

scary

scrappy

scruple

scrupulous

self-conscious

self-distrustful

self-effacing

serve

shaky

shamefaced

shamefast

sheepish

sheer off

shift

shift off

shilly-shally

shivery

short

short of

shove aside

shrink

shrink back

shrinking

shuffle

shun

shunt

shy at

shy away

shy of

shy off

side

sidestep

sideswipe

sidetrack

sidle

skedaddle

skeptical

sketchy

skittery

skittish

sling

sling at

snap

split hairs

squeamish

stammering

stampede

start

start aside

start back

startle

startlish

steer clear of

step aside

stick

stick at

stickle

stickling

stop to consider

straddle the fence

strain

strain at

stumble

suspecting

suspicious

swerve

switch

tergiversate

think twice about

throw

throw at

tilt

timid

timorous

toss

toss at

trembling

tremulous

trepidant

trigger-happy

turn aside

turn away

turn back

unassertive

unassured

unblessed with

uncertain

underdeveloped

undeveloped

uneager

unpossessed of

untrusting

unwilling

veer off

void of

wanting

ward off

wary

waver

weasel

weasel out

wince

withdraw

yield