unassuming (Meaning)
unassuming (s)
not arrogant or presuming
unassuming (a.)
Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners.
Synonyms & Antonyms of unassuming
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- high-handed
- cocky
- conceited
- uppity
- assertive
- overweening
- audacious
- saucy
- impudent
- bold
- confident
- high-hat
- high-hat
- impudent
- cheeky
- arrogant
- uppish
- lordly
- peremptory
- egotistic
- high-handed
- highfalutin
- impertinent
- bumptious
- egotistical
- imperious
- saucy
- cocky
- pretentious
- assertive
- impertinent
- egotistic
- egotistical
- supercilious
- brash
- brassy
- forward
- audacious
- aggressive
- imperious
- huffy
- huffy
- superior
- overweening
- conceited
- confident
- lordly
- brash
- arrogant
- bold
- pompous
- haughty
- haughty
- presumptuous
- high-and-mighty
- brassy
- high-and-mighty
- cheeky
- pretentious
- aggressive
- peremptory
- uppity
- supercilious
- forward
- presumptuous
- superior
- pompous
- highfalutin
- uppish
- bumptious
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- egoistic
- smug
- huffish
- toploftical
- bombastic
- vain
- self-asserting
- showy
- condescending
- hifalutin
- vainglorious
- prideful
- prideful
- egocentric
- bombastic
- toplofty
- hifalutin
- self-important
- swaggering
- showy
- self-asserting
- boastful
- self-assertive
- overbearing
- domineering
- magisterial
- swaggering
- egoistic
- patronizing
- egoistical
- hubristic
- self-important
- magisterial
- self-confident
- vain
- huffish
- cocksure
- dominant
- presuming
- narcissistic
- presuming
- cocksure
- egocentric
- overconfident
- toplofty
- overbearing
- patronizing
- toploftical
- fastuous
- flamboyant
- fastuous
- ostentatious
- condescending
- narcissistic
- disdainful
- disdainful
- vainglorious
- self-confident
- dominant
- chesty
- self-assertive
- smug
- overconfident
- boastful
- domineering
- hoity-toity
- egoistical
- flamboyant
- ostentatious
- hubristic
- hoity-toity
- chesty
Synonyms:
- deferential
- unaggressive
- passive
- retiring
- acquiescent
- subdued
- introverted
- resigned
- bashful
- shrinking
- compliant
- unobtrusive
- unassertive
- plain
- self-effacing
- ingenuous
- mousey
- mousy
- diffident
- yielding
- sheepish
- naïve
- submissive
- reserved
Antonyms:
- self-obsessed
- self-pleased
- self-satisfied
- self-engrossed
- uninhibited
- self-congratulatory
- swelled-headed
- dominating
- self-conceited
- self-satisfied
- dominating
- extroverted
- self-affected
- self-contented
- pontificating
- immodest
- outgoing
- unreserved
- pontificating
- unreserved
- swelled-headed
- stuck-up
- extroverted
- self-centered
- immodest
- uninhibited
- braggy
- self-conceited
- self-centered
- extraverted
- stuck-up
- self-contented
- self-affected
- outgoing
- self-pleased
- braggy
- self-complacent
- self-obsessed
- extraverted
- self-engrossed
- self-complacent
- self-congratulatory
unassuming Sentence Examples
- Her unassuming demeanor belied her exceptional intelligence and wit.
- The unassuming cottage, tucked away in the countryside, concealed a rich history within its walls.
- Despite his immense wealth and influence, the tycoon maintained an unassuming lifestyle.
- The unassuming painting, purchased for a pittance, turned out to be a priceless masterpiece.
- She was an unassuming beauty, her loveliness radiating from within rather than from external adornment.
- The unassuming teacher possessed an uncanny ability to inspire and empower his students.
- The unassuming neighborhood hid a vibrant and interconnected community.
- The unassuming scientist made a groundbreaking discovery that revolutionized the field.
- The unassuming actor brought depth and nuance to every role he played.
- Underneath his unassuming exterior, he harbored a burning passion for justice and equality.
FAQs About the word unassuming
not arrogant or presumingNot assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners.
meek, humble, modest, unaffected, down-to-earth, naive, lowly, quiet, timid,unpretentious
high-handed, cocky, conceited, uppity, assertive, overweening, audacious, saucy, impudent, bold
Her unassuming demeanor belied her exceptional intelligence and wit.
The unassuming cottage, tucked away in the countryside, concealed a rich history within its walls.
Despite his immense wealth and influence, the tycoon maintained an unassuming lifestyle.
The unassuming painting, purchased for a pittance, turned out to be a priceless masterpiece.
