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-and-mighty
- superior
- saucy
- uppity
- supercilious
- impudent
- uppity
- superior
- impertinent
- cheeky
- bold
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- brash
- lordly
- bumptious
- uppish
- peremptory
- high-handed
- arrogant
- conceited
- haughty
- high-hat
- assertive
- aggressive
- forward
- overweening
- supercilious
- high-hat
- huffy
- imperious
- saucy
- brash
- conceited
- imperious
- arrogant
- uppish
- peremptory
- overweening
- egotistical
- pompous
- confident
- egotistic
- forward
- cocky
- cheeky
- pretentious
- cocky
- bold
- egotistical
- audacious
- impertinent
- lordly
- audacious
- highfalutin
- presumptuous
- confident
- egotistic
- aggressive
- highfalutin
- bumptious
- brassy
- huffy
- impudent
- pretentious
- high-handed
- assertive
- presumptuous
- pompous
- brassy
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- self-confident
- self-assertive
- vain
- smug
- self-asserting
- fastuous
- swaggering
- presuming
- toploftical
- self-important
- self-confident
- chesty
- egocentric
- hifalutin
- condescending
- prideful
- bombastic
- hoity-toity
- hifalutin
- egoistic
- dominant
- magisterial
- chesty
- self-asserting
- overconfident
- disdainful
- ostentatious
- disdainful
- huffish
- patronizing
- prideful
- toploftical
- smug
- huffish
- vainglorious
- boastful
- hubristic
- cocksure
- cocksure
- hoity-toity
- presuming
- boastful
- flamboyant
- self-assertive
- flamboyant
- showy
- narcissistic
- self-important
- swaggering
- fastuous
- toplofty
- egoistical
- magisterial
- overbearing
- ostentatious
- showy
- vain
- dominant
- egocentric
- domineering
- bombastic
- vainglorious
- overconfident
- hubristic
- patronizing
- egoistical
- condescending
- narcissistic
- toplofty
- overbearing
- domineering
- egoistic
Synonyms:
- ingenuous
- unaggressive
- plain
- unassertive
- diffident
- mousy
- bashful
- introverted
- mousey
- retiring
- naïve
- compliant
- acquiescent
- self-effacing
- passive
- unobtrusive
- sheepish
- deferential
- reserved
- submissive
- yielding
- shrinking
- subdued
- resigned
Antonyms:
- dominating
- self-obsessed
- self-conceited
- immodest
- self-centered
- extroverted
- uninhibited
- self-affected
- stuck-up
- self-obsessed
- self-complacent
- extraverted
- self-conceited
- extraverted
- braggy
- self-pleased
- swelled-headed
- extroverted
- self-contented
- immodest
- self-engrossed
- swelled-headed
- self-pleased
- self-congratulatory
- braggy
- self-contented
- self-affected
- dominating
- stuck-up
- self-congratulatory
- self-engrossed
- pontificating
- self-centered
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- outgoing
- self-complacent
- pontificating
- self-satisfied
- outgoing
- self-satisfied
- unreserved
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.
modest, humble,meek,unpretentious, naive, simple, shy, down-to-earth, quiet, unaffected
high-and-mighty, superior, saucy, uppity, supercilious, impudent, uppity, superior, impertinent, cheeky
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.
