Retiring: alternatives and connections

Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstru…

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstru…

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

of Outgo

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

of Outgo

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

of Precede

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.