Synonyms for unpretentious
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Modest — simple, humble, not pretentious, plain
modest, unassuming, humble, simple, quiet, unobtrusive, meek, poor, low, lowly, unostentatious, unpretending, unpresuming
Other
straight-forward, honest, understated, undesigning dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Simple, humble, not pretentious, plain.
Example sentences
- humble However humble it is, there is no place like home.
- modest I have modest tastes. Wealth does not interest me.
- unassuming She had an unassuming air that put everyone at ease.
- unobtrusive It's an unobtrusive way of advertising, so they say.
- honest Say what you will, I think he is an honest person.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unpretentious | steady | |
| humble | rising | |
| modest | steady | |
| unassuming | rising | |
| unobtrusive | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1
- 4 letters
- poor1, meek1
- 5 letters
- quiet2, lowly2
- 6 letters
- simple2, honest2, humble2, modest2
- 10 letters
- unassuming4
- 11 letters
- understated4, unobtrusive4, unpresuming, undesigning
- 12 letters
- unpretending
- 14 letters
- unostentatious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quiet2 = 2 syllables).