Synonyms for Self-effacing:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • self-effacing.
  •apologetic (adjective)
  • more propitiatory,
  • most atoning,
  • more self incriminating,
  • expiatory,
  • selfeffacing,
  • self incriminating,
  • more self-incriminating,
  • more selfincriminating,
  • most attritional,
  • most self-incriminating,
  • on one knees,
  • more attritional,
  • more supplicating,
  • on knees,
  • most self incriminating,
  • more atoning,
  • selfincriminating,
  • on ones knees,
  • penitential,
  • most propitiatory,
  • most selfincriminating,
  • self effacing,
  • most supplicating.
  •bashful (adjective)
  • de mure,
  • shrinking,
  • over modest,
  • Verecund,
  • most verecund,
  • re served,
  • most overmodest,
  • more verecund,
  • selfconscious,
  • de-mure,
  • self-conscious,
  • re-served,
  • most blushful,
  • un assertive,
  • un-assertive,
  • most unassertive,
  • self conscious,
  • most recoiling,
  • more blushful,
  • more unassertive,
  • more recoiling,
  • more overmodest,
  • re coiling,
  • timorous,
  • re-coiling,
  • more nervous.
  •coy (adjective)
  • prudish,
  • most rabbity,
  • more rabbity,
  • kittenish.
  •diffident (adjective)
  • in securer,
  • most flinching,
  • more unassured,
  • more unpoised,
  • in securest,
  • in-secure,
  • most unpoised,
  • most unassured,
  • un-assured,
  • un poised,
  • Unpoised,
  • in-securest,
  • un-sure,
  • un-poised,
  • with-drawn,
  • un sure,
  • in secure,
  • dis-trustful,
  • in-securer,
  • un assured,
  • most blenching,
  • with drawn,
  • more flinching,
  • more blenching,
  • dis trustful.
  •humble (adjective)
  • homely,
  • plebeian,
  • meek,
  • sheepish,
  • reverential,
  • mild,
  • abashed,
  • contrite,
  • plain,
  • supplicatory,
  • unassuming,
  • submissive,
  • unpretentious,
  • unambitious.
  •modest (adjective)
  • chaste,
  • silent,
  • blushing,
  • discreet,
  • quiet,
  • withdrawing,
  • nice,
  • Unboastful,
  • reserved,
  • simple,
  • unpretending,
  • unpresuming,
  • moderate,
  • temperate,
  • proper,
  • resigned,
  • lowly,
  • prudent,
  • seemly.
  •mousy (adjective)
  • in determinate,
  • in effectual,
  • in-effectual.
  •respectful (adjective)
  • Obeisant.
  •retiring (adjective)
  • more unaffable,
  • more reclusive,
  • un-expansive,
  • most unaffable,
  • un-affable,
  • un affable,
  • more nongregarious,
  • more unexpansive,
  • un-sociable,
  • most nongregarious,
  • re-tiring,
  • re strained,
  • re tiring,
  • recessive,
  • non gregarious,
  • most unexpansive,
  • re-strained,
  • un expansive.
  •self-denying (adjective)
  • selfdenying,
  • self denying.
  •self-forgetful (adjective)
  • selfforgetful,
  • self forgetful.
  •self-forgetting (adjective)
  • selfforgetting,
  • self forgetting.
  •shy (adjective)
  • in-disposed,
  • most introvert,
  • more introvert,
  • introvert,
  • un-social,
  • un-responsive,
  • more uneager,
  • more uneffusive,
  • most uneager,
  • un eager,
  • un willing,
  • in disposed,
  • more unsocial,
  • un social,
  • most unsocial,
  • dis-inclined,
  • un-willing,
  • un-eager,
  • dis inclined,
  • most uneffusive,
  • un effusive,
  • un-effusive,
  • un responsive.
  •unassuming (adjective)
  • un-assuming,
  • un assuming.
  •unobtrusive (adjective)
  • lowprofile,
  • most low-profile,
  • more low-profile,
  • more softpedaled,
  • most lowprofile,
  • more low profile,
  • most soft pedaled,
  • in conspicuous,
  • un noticeable,
  • lowkey,
  • most soft-pedaled,
  • more soft-pedaled,
  • most softpedaled,
  • un-noticeable,
  • unnoticeable,
  • un-obtrusive,
  • more soft pedaled,
  • un obtrusive,
  • most low profile,
  • more lowprofile,
  • in-conspicuous.
  •unselfish (adjective)
  • dis-interested,
  • most open-handed,
  • self sacrificing,
  • in-corruptible,
  • most denying,
  • more open-handed,
  • selfsacrificing,
  • de voted,
  • open handed,
  • dis interested,
  • un selfish,
  • most open handed,
  • more open handed,
  • more denying,
  • in corruptible,
  • de-voted,
  • un-selfish.

• n.

  •
  • backward,
  • restraint,
  • though/if I say it myself,
  • undemanding,
  • demure,
  • timid.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • humbling,
  • humility,
  • self-deprecating.
  •
  • deprecating.
  •
  • modesty,
  • modestly.
  •bighearted
  • self-sacrificing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • recalcitrant,
  • embarrassed,
  • disinterested,
  • unacquisitive,
  • uneasy,
  • introverted,
  • distant,
  • evasive,
  • deprecative,
  • cowering,
  • awkward,
  • uncomfortable,
  • unsociable,
  • altruistic,
  • inconspicuous,
  • insecure,
  • removed,
  • reluctant,
  • dedicated,
  • unsure,
  • deprecatory,
  • standoffish,
  • discombobulated,
  • aloof,
  • Self-devoted,
  • in a tizzy,
  • restrained,
  • self-doubting,
  • low-key,
  • devoted,
  • consecrated,
  • passive,
  • unaggressive,
  • shamefaced,
  • unconfident,
  • self-distrustful,
  • Sacrificing,
  • reclusive,
  • hesitant,
  • Self-abasing,
  • suppressed,
  • unemotional,
  • eremitic,
  • self-abnegating,
  • affected,
  • ill at ease,
  • Self-neglecting,
  • subdued,
  • unostentatious,
  • confused,
  • committed,
  • nervous,
  • apprehensive.

Antonyms for Self-effacing:

• adj.

  • modest
    forward, Flaunting, pretentious, brave.
  • Other antonyms:
    brash, extroverted, overbold, self-assertive, self-asserting, unreserved, dashing, boon, assertive, social, sociable, bold, uninhibited, clubbable, gregarious, immodest, convivial, outgoing, forceful, companionable.