retiring | Definition of retiring

Synonyms and Antonyms of retiring

not comfortable around people

one retiring young girl was sitting alone quietly in a corner during the party

Synonyms of retiring

backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, introverted, modest, recessive, self-effacing, sheepish, shy, withdrawn

Words Related to retiring

antisocial, lone, lone-wolf, unsociable, unsocial

awkward, embarrassed, self-conscious, unadventurous, unassertive, unenterprising

inhibited, reserved, uneasy, uptight

Near Antonyms of retiring

boon, clubbable (also clubable), companionable, convivial, gregarious, sociable, social

bold, dashing, forceful

brash, forward, overbold, uninhibited, unreserved

Antonyms of retiring

extroverted (also extraverted), immodest, outgoing