unpretentious

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: un=pre=ten=tious

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unpretentious, adj. not making a great display; simple, modest.

Derivative

unpretentiously adv. unpretentiousness n.

THESAURUS

unpretentious

altruistic, arcadian, bucolic, candid, committed, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, direct, discreet, disinterested, genuine, homely, homespun, honest, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, inartificial, inglorious, innocuous, least, low, lowest, lowliest, lowly, mean, meek, modest, native, natural, naturelike, pastoral, plain, poor, rural, sacrificing, self-abasing, self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted, self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful, self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing, self-unconscious, selfless, simple, small, straightforward, teachable, unacquisitive, unadorned, unaffected, unambitious, unartificial, unaspiring, unassuming, unboastful, undesigning, undisguising, undissembling, undissimulating, undistinguished, unembellished, unfeigning, unimportant, unimposing, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpossessive, unpresuming, unpresumptuous, unpretending, unselfish, unsparing of self, unspoiled, unvarnished

ROGET THESAURUS

unpretentious

Modesty

N modesty, humility, diffidence, timidity, retiring disposition, unobtrusiveness, bashfulness, mauvaise honte, blush, blushing, verecundity, self-knowledge, reserve, constraint, demureness, blushing honors, modest, diffident, humble, timid, timorous, bashful, shy, nervous, skittish, coy, sheepish, shamefaced, blushing, overmodest, unpretending, unpretentious, unobtrusive, unassuming, unostentatious, unboastful, unaspiring, poor in spirit, out of countenance, reserved, constrained, demure, humbly, quietly, privately, without ceremony, without beat of drum, sans fa, not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty, thy modesty's a candle to thy merit.