nebbish

The word “nebbish” has 2 syllables: neb-bish

It's pronounced as /ˈnɛbɪʃ/


What is synonym and antonym for nebbish?

In the thesaurus, “nebbish” has 20 synonyms and 2 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for nebbish along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for nebbish

Antonyms for nebbish

  • mensch
  • stalwart

Meanings of nebbish

  • noun
    1. One who is fearful and timid, especially in making decisions and plans, in discussions, debates, arguments, and confrontations, and in taking responsibility.

Example Sentences

  • He played the role of a timid nebbish in the school play.
  • Despite his intelligence, he often comes across as a bit of a nebbish in social situations.
  • The character in the novel is portrayed as a lovable nebbish who always seems to be in awkward situations.
  • Don't underestimate him just because he seems like a nebbish, he's actually quite capable.
  • She couldn't help but feel sorry for the nebbish character who always seemed to get the short end of the stick.

On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nebbish, such as: cipher, coward, doormat, jellyfish, mensch, milquetoast, mouse.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

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jellyfish

  • alarmist
  • baby
  • chicken
  • chickenheart
  • coward
  • craven
  • cream puff
  • cry-baby
  • crybaby
  • cur
  • dastard
  • deserter
  • doormat
  • dotard
  • faint-of-heart
  • faintheart
  • featherweight
  • fraidy-cat
  • gutless wonder
  • hothouse plant
  • invertebrate
  • lily liver
  • loser
  • malingerer
  • meek soul
  • milksop
  • milquetoast
  • misfit
  • mouse
  • namby-pamby
  • nebbish
  • nervous Nellie
  • nervous Nelly
  • pansy
  • pantywaist
  • pessimist
  • poltroon
  • pushover
  • pussy
  • quitter
  • rabbit
  • recreant
  • reed
  • scaredy-cat
  • schlemiel
  • sheep
  • shirk
  • shirker
  • sissy
  • skulker
  • sneak
  • softy
  • weak soul
  • weakling
  • white liver
  • wimp
  • wuss
  • wussy
  • yellowbelly

languid

  • ambling
  • apathetic
  • asthenic
  • blah
  • blahs
  • breakable
  • broken-down
  • careless
  • challenged
  • comatose
  • crawling
  • creeping
  • dallying
  • damaged
  • dawdling
  • debilitated
  • decelerating
  • decrepit
  • deliberate
  • delicate
  • dilatory
  • dillydallying
  • disabled
  • dizzy
  • dopey
  • down-and-out
  • dragging
  • drained
  • dull
  • easy
  • effete
  • energyless
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • exhausted
  • faint
  • feeble
  • filibustering
  • flagging
  • flimsy
  • fragile
  • frail
  • groggy
  • harmed
  • heavy
  • heavy-footed
  • heedless
  • hurt
  • impaired
  • impassive
  • impotent
  • inactive
  • incapacitated
  • inching
  • indifferent
  • indolent
  • inert
  • infirm
  • injured
  • invalid
  • knackered
  • lackadaisical
  • laggard
  • lagging
  • laid-back
  • lame
  • languishing
  • languorous
  • lazy
  • leaden
  • leisurely
  • lethargic
  • limp
  • lingering
  • listless
  • loafing
  • loggy
  • logy
  • loitering
  • lounging
  • low
  • measured
  • moony
  • nebbish
  • paralyzed
  • phlegmatic
  • pining
  • plodding
  • pokey
  • poking
  • poky
  • powerless
  • procrastinating
  • prostrate
  • prostrated
  • resistless
  • rocky
  • sapped
  • shuffling
  • sickly
  • sleepy
  • sleepyhead
  • slight
  • slothful
  • slow
  • slow-footed
  • slowing
  • sluggish
  • snail-paced
  • snaillike
  • snoozy
  • soft
  • softened
  • spiritless
  • stalling
  • stolid
  • strolling
  • supine
  • susceptible
  • tardy
  • tarrying
  • tender
  • thoughtless
  • tired
  • torpid
  • unconcerned
  • unenthusiastic
  • unhurried
  • uninterested
  • unresistant
  • unsound
  • unsteady
  • unsubstantial
  • unwary
  • vulnerable
  • wasted
  • weak
  • weakened
  • weary
  • wimpish
  • wimpy
  • woozy
  • worn-out
  • yielding

languorous

  • apathetic
  • blah
  • blahs
  • careless
  • comatose
  • dopey
  • dull
  • easy
  • energyless
  • enervated
  • exhausted
  • faint
  • feeble
  • flagging
  • frail
  • heavy
  • heedless
  • impassive
  • inactive
  • indifferent
  • indolent
  • inert
  • infirm
  • knackered
  • lackadaisical
  • laid-back
  • languid
  • languishing
  • lazy
  • leaden
  • leisurely
  • lethargic
  • limp
  • listless
  • loggy
  • logy
  • lymphatic
  • moony
  • nebbish
  • phlegmatic
  • pining
  • sickly
  • sleepy
  • sleepyhead
  • slothful
  • slow
  • sluggish
  • snoozy
  • spiritless
  • stolid
  • supine
  • thoughtless
  • tired
  • torpid
  • unconcerned
  • unenthusiastic
  • unhurried
  • uninterested
  • unwary
  • weak
  • weary
  • wimpy

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