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