What are the opposite words for presumptuous?
Presumptuous means overly confident or showing lack of respect. Its antonyms would be words that describe the opposite traits. These could include words like humble, respectful, shy, modest, diffident, cautious, hesitant, unassuming, meek, or polite. Using these antonyms in a sentence could provide context for the opposite of presumptuous behavior, such as "Maria was unassuming during her presentation at work, allowing others to speak and share their ideas," or "Jim showed meekness by listening to his wife's perspective on the situation." Each antonym offers a different flavor of the opposite trait, and choosing the right one can help convey a specific message or tone.
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humble
- lowborn,
- Low-born,
- in glorious,
- in significant,
- in-glorious,
- lowranking,
- more low born,
- more low ranking,
- more low-born,
- more lowborn,
- more lowranking,
- more proletarian,
- most low ranking,
- most low-born,
- most low-ranking,
- most lowborn,
- most lowranking,
- most proletarian,
- un couth,
- un distinguished,
- un refined,
- un-couth,
- un-distinguished,
- un-fit,
- un-important,
- un-refined,
- under privileged,
- under-privileged.
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modest
- inelaborate,
- unassertive,
- unassured,
- unembellished,
- unornamented,
- Unboastful,
- Unembroidered,
- unpresuming,
- de mure,
- de-mure,
- in elaborate,
- in expensive,
- in-elaborate,
- in-expensive,
- more inelaborate,
- more unassertive,
- more unboastful,
- more unembroidered,
- more unexcessive,
- more unextravagant,
- more unornamented,
- more unpresuming,
- more unradical,
- more withdrawing,
- most inelaborate,
- most unassured,
- most unboastful,
- most unembroidered,
- most unexcessive,
- most unextravagant,
- most unornamented,
- most unpresuming,
- most unpretending,
- most unradical,
- re served,
- re signed,
- re tiring,
- re-served,
- re-signed,
- re-tiring,
- self conscious,
- self effacing,
- selfconscious,
- selfeffacing,
- un adorned,
- un affected,
- un assertive,
- un assured,
- un embellished,
- un embroidered,
- un exceptional,
- un excessive,
- un extravagant,
- un extreme,
- un extremer,
- un extremest,
- un obtrusive,
- un ornamented,
- un ostentatious,
- un pretending,
- un radical,
- un studied,
- un-adorned,
- un-assertive,
- un-assured,
- un-boastful,
- un-embellished,
- un-embroidered,
- un-exceptional,
- un-excessive,
- un-extravagant,
- un-extreme,
- un-extremer,
- un-extremest,
- un-obtrusive,
- un-ornamented,
- un-ostentatious,
- un-presuming,
- un-radical,
- un-studied,
- unexcessive,
- unextravagant,
- unextreme,
- unextremer,
- unextremest,
- unradical,
- with drawing,
- with-drawing.
- quiet
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obsequious
- enslaved,
- parasitical,
- stipendiary,
- sycophantic,
- Compliable,
- more brownnosing,
- more compliable,
- more crouching,
- more enslaved,
- more kowtowing,
- more parasitical,
- more sniveling,
- more stipendiary,
- more sycophantic,
- more toadying,
- most brownnosing,
- most compliable,
- most crouching,
- most enslaved,
- most kowtowing,
- most parasitical,
- most sniveling,
- most stipendiary,
- most sycophantic,
- most toadying,
- sub missive,
- sub ordinate,
- sub-ordinate.
- self-confident
- shy
- unassuming
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unpretentious
- easy going,
- Unbeautified,
- Unpresumptuous,
- easy-going,
- free spirited,
- free-spirited,
- freespirited,
- laid back,
- laidback,
- more easy going,
- more easy-going,
- more free-spirited,
- more freespirited,
- more uncomplex,
- more unpresumptuous,
- most easy going,
- most free spirited,
- most free-spirited,
- most freespirited,
- most unbeautified,
- most uncomplex,
- most unpresumptuous,
- un beautified,
- un complex,
- un imposing,
- un spoiled,
- un-beautified,
- un-complex,
- un-imposing,
- un-presumptuous,
- un-pretentious,
- un-spoiled,
- uncomplex.
- poor, inferior
- groveling, submissive
- simple, unobtrusive
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Other relevant words
- acquiescent,
- backward,
- bashful,
- compliant,
- cowering,
- cringing,
- deferential,
- diffident,
- inhibited,
- introverted,
- lowly,
- mousy,
- overmodest,
- passive,
- quiet,
- reclusive,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- sheepish,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- silent,
- subdued,
- submissive,
- taciturn,
- timid,
- timorous,
- unaggressive,
- unassertive,
- uninvolved,
- unobtrusive,
- withdrawn,
- yielding,
- hands-off.
- Other antonyms
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marginalias
- Antonyms:
- silence.
