shy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a quick throw
he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman
Types & categories
- throw hypernym
Related & opposite
- shy derivation
Sense 2 verb
start suddenly, as from fright
Types & categories
- jump hypernym
Sense 3 adjective
lacking self-confidence
stood in the doorway diffident and abashed
Related & opposite
- confident antonym
- confidence attribute
- timidity derivation
- shyness derivation
- diffidence derivation
Sense 4 verb
throw quickly
Types & categories
- throw hypernym
Related & opposite
- shy derivation
Sense 5 adjective
wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things
shy of strangers
Related & opposite
- wary similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | jump |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | confident |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | confidence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | timidity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shyness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffidence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shy |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | wary |