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Synonyms for shy
ʃaɪshy

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. shynoun

    Antonyms:
    brazen, bold, audacious

  2. shynoun

    Easily frightened; timid.

    a shy bird.

    Antonyms:
    bold, audacious, brazen

  3. shyverb

    Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

    coconut shy

    Antonyms:
    brazen, bold, audacious

  4. shyadjective

    Cautious; wary; suspicious.

    Antonyms:
    brazen, audacious, bold

  5. shyadjective

    Antonyms:
    audacious, bold, brazen

  6. shyadjective

    Antonyms:
    brazen, bold, audacious

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 3 votes

  1. shy

    Synonyms:
    modest, reserved, retiring, unassuming, unobtrusive

    Antonyms:
    impertinent, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, obtrusive, officious

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.8 / 4 votes

  1. shy

    Synonyms:
    timid, reserved, modest, bashful, suspicion, shrinking, chary

    Antonyms:
    bold, brazen-faced, impudent, audacious, reckless

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shyadjective

    a quick throw

    "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"

    Antonyms:
    sufficient, unwary

  2. diffident, shy, timid, unsureadjective

    lacking self-confidence

    "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"

    Synonyms:
    diffident, faint, shy(p), fainthearted, faint-hearted, timid, uncertain, unsure, incertain

    Antonyms:
    sufficient, unwary

  3. shy(p)adjective

    short

    "eleven is one shy of a dozen"

    Antonyms:
    sufficient, unwary

  4. shyverb

    wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things

    "shy of strangers"

    Synonyms:
    shy(p), timid, diffident, unsure

    Antonyms:
    unwary, sufficient

  5. shyverb

    start suddenly, as from fright

    Antonyms:
    unwary, sufficient

  6. shyverb

    throw quickly

    Antonyms:
    unwary, sufficient

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. quietadjective

    shy people are quiet and timid

    that girl is quiet and timid

    Submitted by gilliancreedon on December 20, 2022  
  2. reticent

    Submitted by anonymous on September 6, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. shyadjective

    Synonyms:
    coy, reserved, bashful, diffident, timid, sheepish, shame-faced, over-modest

  2. shyadjective

    Synonyms:
    cautious, wary, heedful, chary

  3. shynoun

    Synonyms:
    sudden start (as of a horse)

  4. shynoun

    Synonyms:
    [Colloquial.] fling, throw

  5. shyverb

    Synonyms:
    fling, throw, jerk, cast, toss, hurl, FLIRT, chuck, pitch, sling

  6. shyverb

    Synonyms:
    sheer, start aside

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. shyadjective

    Synonyms:
    timid, coy, backward, retiring, diffident, wary, cautious, (Slang) short, lacking

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#15140tentative
#15340suspicion
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#20401embarrassed
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#178624chary
#251834fainthearted

How to use shy in a sentence?

  1. Kristie Poole:

    It is likely that the experience of … shyness in response to a speech task is a relatively common, normative experience for children at this age, for a smaller group of temperamentally shy children, however, being the center of attention may be stressful across time and various contexts.

  2. Bonnie Lambeth:

    Sara Blackwood really loved' My Little Pony,' sara Blackwood said Sara Blackwood identified the most with Shutterfly because Sara Blackwood was shy like Sara Blackwood.

  3. Damir Yusupov:

    It feels odd and Im shy.

  4. Garry Shandling:

    I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know.

  5. Robert Heinlein, Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love":

    People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.


Translations for shy

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  • مورط, خجول, خجلArabic
  • vergonyósCatalan, Valencian
  • plachý, hodit sebou, uskočit, mrštit sebou, opatrný, praštit sebou, odměřenýCzech
  • kast, smide, kaste, genertDanish
  • schüchtern, scheu, verlegenGerman
  • ντροπαλόςGreek
  • tímido, lanzar, reservado, vergonzosoSpanish
  • خجالتیPersian
  • vajaa, heitto, ujo, nolo, arka, heittopaikka, kavahtaa, säikkyä, varovainen, heittääFinnish
  • embarrassé, prudent, timide, apeuréFrench
  • cúthailIrish
  • faitaghManx
  • félénkHungarian
  • pemaluIndonesian
  • feiminnIcelandic
  • adombrarsi, timidoItalian
  • ביישןHebrew
  • 恥ずかしい, 弱気, 慎重, 引っ込み思案, 恥ずかしがり屋, 寡黙Japanese
  • timidus, verecundus, pavidus, timidos agitabisLatin
  • beschroomd, gooiplek, verlegen, klein, aangooi, timide, gooien, voorzichtig, terugspringen, weggooien, verstandig, werpen, bedeesd, worp, gereserveerd, schuchter, gooiplaats, schroomvalligDutch
  • sjenertNorwegian
  • nieśmiałyPolish
  • medroso, avergonhado, arremesso, assustado, envergonhado, lance, tímido, reservado, cuidadoso, lançamento, pávidoPortuguese
  • timidRomanian
  • робкий, нерешительный, смущённый, пугливый, застенчивый, стыдливый, растерянный, стеснительный, осторожныйRussian
  • blygSwedish
  • வெட்கப்படவில்லைTamil
  • utangaçTurkish
  • شرمیلیUrdu
  • nhátVietnamese
  • shyYiddish
  • 害羞Chinese

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