Synonyms for demure
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Modest — modest, quiet, reserved, or serious
modest, sedate, staid, meek, decorous, shy, prudish, sober, serious, somber US, sombre UK, humble, thoughtful, solemn, earnest, grave, retiring, proper, reserved, lowly, poor, weighty, austere
2. Coy
Other
puritanical, prim dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Modest, quiet, reserved, or serious.
She is a demure young lady.
- adj. 2
Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
Related words
- Word family
- demureness
Example sentences
- modest I have modest tastes. Wealth does not interest me.
- meek Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
- sedate Yanni wanted to sedate Skura.
- puritanical It's not appropriate for puritanical misanthropic.
By length
- 3 letters
- shy1, coy1
- 4 letters
- poor1, meek1, prim1
- 5 letters
- grave1, sober2, lowly2, staid1
- 6 letters
- proper2, humble2, modest2, solemn2, somber2, sedate2, sombre
- 7 letters
- serious3, earnest2, austere2, weighty2, bashful2, prudish2
- 8 letters
- reserved2, retiring3, decorous3
- 9 letters
- diffident
- 10 letters
- thoughtful2, overmodest
- 11 letters
- puritanical5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sober2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- réservé