Word Meanings - UNASSUMING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of UNASSUMING)

• Humble
• Low
• lowly
• obscure
• meek
• modest
• unassuming
• unpretending
• submissive
• Meek
• Mild
• gentle
• yielding

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of UNASSUMING)

• Reveal
• make known
• discover

Related words: (words related to UNASSUMING)

• OBSCURENESS
  Obscurity. Bp. Hall.
• OBSCURER
  One who, or that which, obscures.
• GENTLE
  1. To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble. Shak. 2. To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable. To gentle life's descent, We shut our eyes, and think it is a plain. Young. 3. To make kind and docile, as a horse.
• MODESTLY
  In a modest manner.
• YIELDABLE
  Disposed to yield or comply. -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
• YIELDANCE
  1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. Bp. Hall. 2. The act of yielding; concession. South.
• DISCOVERTURE
  A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. (more info) 1. Discovery.
• MODESTY
  1. The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit. 2. Natural delicacy
• DISCOVERABLE
  Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.
• YIELDING
  Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying , the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved. Burrill. Syn. --
• DISCOVERY
  1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next
• DISCOVERER
  1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A scout; an explorer. Shak.
• GENTLEWOMAN
  1. A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar. Bacon. 2. A woman who attends a lady of high rank. Shak.
• HUMBLER
  One who, or that which, humbles some one.
• HUMBLE
  humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage, 1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage. THy humble nest built on the ground. Cowley. 2. Thinking
• DISCOVERT
  An uncovered place or part. At discovert, uncovered. Chaucer.
• YIELDER
  One who yields. Shak.
• OBSCUREMENT
  The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration. Pomfret.
• GENTLE-HEARTED
  Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak. -- Gen"tle-heart`ed*ness, n.
• GENTLEMANHOOD
  The qualities or condition of a gentleman. Thackeray.
• YIELD
  pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be
• SUBOBSCURELY
  Somewhat obscurely or darkly. Donne.
• THUMBLESS
  Without a thumb. Darwin.
• IMMODESTLY
  In an immodest manner.
• SLOWLY
  In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.
• FELLOWLY
  Fellowlike. Shak.
• HOLLOWLY
  Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.