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quiet
Making or characterized by little or no noise:
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  1. Making or characterized by little or no noise:
  2. Restrained, as in style; understated:
  3. Providing or allowing relaxation; restful; soothing:
retiring
Shy, introverted, liking privacy.
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  1. Shy, introverted, liking privacy.
  2. Drawing back from contact with others, from publicity, etc.; reserved; shy
  3. Shy and reserved; modest.
reserved
(Not comparable) Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
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  1. (Not comparable) Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
  2. Designated as unavailable except for a certain purpose or user; kept in reserve:
  3. (Comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
modest
Moderate or limited in size, quantity, or range; not extreme:
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  1. Moderate or limited in size, quantity, or range; not extreme:
  2. Behaving, dressing, speaking, etc. in a way that is considered proper or decorous; decent
  3. Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress, especially in the avoidance of arousing sexual interest.
plain
Not elaborate or complicated; simple:
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  1. Not elaborate or complicated; simple:
  2. Not dyed, twilled, or patterned:
  3. Not complicated; simple
simple
Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned:
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  1. Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned:
  2. Not luxurious or elegant; plain
  3. Lowly in condition or rank:
unostentatious
Not ostentatious; unpretentious:
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  1. Not ostentatious; unpretentious:
  2. Not ostentatious; simple; unpresuming.
unpretentious
Lacking pretension or affectation; modest:
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  1. Lacking pretension or affectation; modest:
  2. Not elaborate, ornate, or ostentatious:
  3. Simple, humble, not pretentious, plain.
Find another word for unassuming. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for unassuming, like: quiet, retiring, reserved, humble, modest, modest, plain, simple, unostentatious, unpretentious and plain.

Sentence Examples

  • His wide influence was due to his high character and unassuming earnestness.

  • But all the greatest of the Hebrew prophets fall back speedily upon the unassuming human " I "; while in the Koran the divine " I " is the stereotyped form of address.

  • 1845), of whom he always spoke with much affection, was a quiet, unassuming man, who retired from the army in early life with the rank of captain of cavalry (Rittmeister).

  • He lived the modest, unassuming life of a country planter when at his home, and at Washington lived as unostentatiously as possible, consistent with his public duties and position.

  • He appeared normal, unassuming, but there was something otherworldly in his eyes that warned her he wasn't normal.

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