Found 81 synonyms in 12 groups
1
Meaning: retiring [a]
timid, shy, bashful, diffident, hesitant, wavering, loath, backward
  1. 2
    Meaning: delayed [a]
    behind, late, slow, tardy (formal), backward
  2. 3
    Meaning: inverted [a]
  3. 4
    Meaning: slow [a]
  4. 5
    Meaning: rearward [o]
  5. 6
    Meaning: retrograde [a]
  6. 7
    Meaning: characteristic [a]
  7. 8
    Meaning: late [a]
    overdue, belated, dilatory, slack, slow, backward, behindhand, tardy (formal)
  8. 9
    Meaning: time [a]
  9. 10
    Meaning: behind [a]
    hind, back, rear, tail (informal), hindmost, backward, in back of, posterior
  10. 11
    Meaning: foolish [a]
  11. 12
    Meaning: direction [o]
    backward, to the rear, away, off, rearward, back

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