1. Showing fear and lack of confidence
   "The timid child hesitated to join the game"
    
2. Lacking self-confidence
   "problems that call for bold not timid responses";
   - diffident, shy, unsure, unconfident
    
3. Lacking conviction, boldness or courage
   "timid heart ne'er won fair lady";
   - faint, fainthearted, faint-hearted

1. People who are fearful and cautious
   "whitewater rafting is not for the timid";
   - cautious

Derived forms: timider, timidest

See also: afeard [archaic], afeared [archaic], afraid, backward, bashful, confidence, cowardly, coy, fearful, 'fraid [non-standard], intimidated, mousey, mousy, timidity, timorous, timorousness, trepid [rare], unadventurous, unassertive

Type of: people

Antonym: bold

Encyclopedia: Timid