Groups and collections
Synonyms for timid
Synonyms for timid: cautious and faint. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for timid
Interchangeable with timid in this sense
Audited under timid's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one timid carries in that sense.
- cautiousnoun, in the sense "people who are fearful and cautious"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name timid as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- faintfaint is an adjective in the sense "lacking conviction or boldness or courage"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under timid and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
people who are fearful and cautious
Whitewater rafting is not for the timid.
The true synonym
cautious
Same sentence, swapped: Whitewater rafting is not for the cautious.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for timid in the sentence quoted.
- brave
- enlightened
- ancients
Where timid turns up in the game
timid is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where timid is the trap
- sociableadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is friendly, in the sense "enjoying the company of others, friendly and talkative", with timid sitting one tile away.
- feraladjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is untamed, in the sense "existing in a wild state, especially after escape from domestication", with timid sitting one tile away.
- gregariousadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is outgoing, in the sense "fond of company and inclined to seek social interaction", with timid sitting one tile away.
- pluckyadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is spirited, in the sense "showing determined courage against difficult odds", so timid is there to be ruled out.
Play timid
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so timid reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because groups and collections is the company timid keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. timid carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.