Self-effacing Synonyms

Not forward but reticent or reserved in manner
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. retiring
  2. diffident
  3. backward
  4. bashful
  5. coy
  6. demure
  7. reticent
  8. modest
  9. shy
  10. timid

Words Related to Self-effacing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Self-effacing Sentence Examples

  • There's nothing he loves more than self-effacing honesty, even if it's usually found in others and rarely himself.

  • Sue has a slightly zany, self-effacing, bubbly personality, which opposes her meticulous, time-consuming love for something bright and beautiful.

  • Under these mute self-effacing kings the progress of royal power was only the more striking.

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