shy (292 synonym found)

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about the bush
afraid
agnostic
apprehensive
around the bush
arrested
averse
avert
avoid
back down
backhanded
backward
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 at
catapult
cavil
chary
choplogic
chuck at
chunk
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
duck
ease off
edge off
elude
embryonic
empty of
equivocate
eschew
evade
evade the issue
fade
failing
fall back
falter
faltering
fearful
fearing
fearsome
fence
fight shy
fight shy of
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 at
hedge
hem and haw
hesitant
hesitate
hesitating
hold off
hover
hum and haw
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
partial
patchy
peg
pick nits
pitch
pitchfork
ponder
prevaricate
pull away
pull back
pull in
pull out
pussyfoot
put off
put the shot
Pyrrhonic
quail
qualmish
quibble
rabbity
recoil
reel back
reluctant
reserved
retiring
retract
scant
scant of
scanty
scary
scrappy
scruple
scrupulous
self-conscious
self-distrustful
self-effacing
serve
shaky
shamefaced
shamefast
sheepish
sheer off
shift off
shilly-shally
shivery
short of
shove aside
shrink
shrink back
shrinking
shun
shunt
shy at
shy away
shy of
shy off
sidestep
sideswipe
sidetrack
sidle
skedaddle
skeptical
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 at
stumble
suspecting
swerve
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
waver
weasel
weasel out
wince
yield
Definition of shy:

(adj) : easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird; reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach
"it is just shy of a mile from here to their house."
(v) : to avoid due to timidness or caution; to jump back in fear
"I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand."
(n) : act of throwing; place for throwing
"coconut shy"
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Definition of shy:

(adj) : easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird; reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach
"it is just shy of a mile from here to their house."
(v) : to avoid due to timidness or caution; to jump back in fear
"I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand."
(n) : act of throwing; place for throwing
"coconut shy"
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