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1. Showing fear and lack of confidence
    
2. Lacking self-confidence
   "problems that call for bold not timid responses"
   - diffident, shy, unsure
    
3. Lacking conviction or boldness or courage
   - faint, fainthearted, faint-hearted

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

Derived forms: timidest, timider

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

Type of: people

Antonym: bold, brave