diffident | Definition of diffident

Synonyms and Antonyms of diffident

not comfortable around people

for someone who makes a living performing for other people, the actress is remarkably diffident in real life

Synonyms of diffident

backward, bashful, coy, demure, introverted, modest, recessive, retiring, self-effacing, sheepish, shy, withdrawn

Words Related to diffident

antisocial, lone, lone-wolf, unsociable, unsocial

awkward, embarrassed, self-conscious, unadventurous, unassertive, unenterprising

inhibited, reserved, uneasy, uptight

Near Antonyms of diffident

boon, clubbable (also clubable), companionable, convivial, gregarious, sociable, social

bold, dashing, forceful

brash, forward, overbold, uninhibited, unreserved

Antonyms of diffident

extroverted (also extraverted), immodest, outgoing