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