| Main Entry: | unpretentious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, honest |
Synonyms: |
discreet, down, down home, easy-going, folksy, free-spirited, homey, humble, inelaborate, laid-back*, lowly, modest, plain, prosaic, straightforward, unaffected, unambitious, unassuming, unbeautified, uncomplex, unembellished, unimposing, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpresumptuous, unspoiled, up front |
Antonyms: |
affected, dishonest, flaunting, pretending, pretentious |
| Main Entry: | artless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple |
Synonyms: |
direct, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, plain, pure, sincere, straight, straightforward, talking turkey, true, unadorned, unaffected, uncontrived, unpretentious, unsophisticated, up front |
Antonyms: |
artful, complicated, contrived, pretentious, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good-humored |
Synonyms: |
affable, amiable, at ease, carefree, casual, complaisant, diplomatic, familiar, friendly, gentle, good-natured, good-tempered, graceful, gracious, gregarious, informal, mild, natural, obliging, open, pleasant, polite, relaxed, secure, smooth, sociable, suave, tolerant, unaffected, unanxious, undemanding, unforced, unpretentious, urbane |
Antonyms: |
difficult, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | folksy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | informal, simple |
Synonyms: |
cozy, down-to-earth, homely, homey, low-key, modest, natural, plain, rustic, unassuming, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | homely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ordinary, comfortable |
Synonyms: |
comfy, cozy, domestic, everyday, familiar, friendly, homelike, homespun, homey, inelaborate, informal, modest, natural, plain, simple, snug, unaffected, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretentious, welcoming |
| Notes: | homely means lacking in physical beauty or unattractive, while homey means having a feeling of home, being cozy and comfortable |
| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meek, unassuming |
Synonyms: |
apprehensive, backward, bashful, biddable, blushing, content, courteous, deferential, demure, diffident, docile, fearful, gentle, hesitant, lowly, manageable, mild, modest, obliging, obsequious, ordinary, polite, quiet, reserved, respectful, retiring, reverential, sedate, self-conscious, self-effacing, servile, sheepish, shy, simple, soft-spoken, standoffish, submissive, subservient, supplicatory, tentative, timid, timorous, tractable, unambitious, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
assertive, boasting, brave, conceited, egotistical, insolent, pretentious, proud, showy |
| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, inferior |
Synonyms: |
base, beggarly, common, commonplace, contemptible, humdrum, ignoble, inglorious, insignificant, little, low, low-born, low-ranking, lowly, meager, mean, measly, menial, miserable, modest, obscure, ordinary, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, proletarian, puny, rough, scrubby, seemly, servile, severe, shabby, simple, small, sordid, trivial, unassuming, uncouth, underprivileged, undistinguished, unfit, unimportant, unpretentious, unrefined, vulgar, wretched |
Antonyms: |
luxurious, rich, superior |
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | living in, coming from poor circumstances |
Synonyms: |
base, baseborn, humble, ignoble, lowborn, lowly, mean, meek, obscure, plain, plebeian, poor, rude, simple, unpretentious, unwashed |
Antonyms: |
high, rich |
| Main Entry: | lowly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, plain |
Synonyms: |
average, base, baseborn, cast down, common, commonplace, docile, dutiful, everyday, gentle, humble, ignoble, low, lowborn, mean, meek, menial, mild, modest, mundane, obscure, obsequious, ordinary, plebeian, poor, proletarian, prosaic, retiring, reverential, servile, simple, submissive, subordinate, unassuming, unpretentious, withdrawing |
Antonyms: |
higher, lofty, noble, pretentious, superior |
| Main Entry: | meek |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy; compliant |
Synonyms: |
acquiescent, deferential, docile, forbearing, gentle, humble, lenient, long-suffering, longanimous, lowly, manageable, mild, milquetoast, modest, nothing, orderly, pabulum, passive, patient, peaceful, plain, resigned, serene, soft, spineless, spiritless, subdued, submissive, tame, timid, tolerant, unassuming, unpretentious, unresisting, weak, weak-kneed, wishy-washy, yielding, zero* |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, emboldened, immodest, impertinent, uninhibited |