Synonyms of self-effacing

1 Syllable

coyest, shyer, shier, nice, meek, shy, shyest, coyer, quiet, coy

2 Syllables

lowly, mousier, seemly, silent, humble, humblest, modest, chaste, simple, blushful, timid, backward, sheepish, mousy, humbler, prudent, proper, discreet, bashful, selfless, blushing

3 Syllables

reserved, withdrawing, verecund, retiring, unselfish, rabbity, demure, resigned, reticent, respectful, self-conscious, self-denying, unboastful, diffident

4 Syllables

moderate, unassuming, unpretentious, temperate, unpretending, open-handed, self-forgetful, self-forgetting, unassured, unpresuming

5 Syllables

apologetic, unassertive, supplicatory, uneffusive, unobtrusive