self-effacing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

self-effacing
    adj 1: reluctant to draw attention to yourself [syn: {reticent},
           {self-effacing}, {retiring}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-effacing":
      altruistic, backward, bashful, committed, consecrated, dedicated,
      deprecative, deprecatory, devoted, diffident, disinterested,
      humble, modest, rabbity, retiring, sacrificing, self-abasing,
      self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-deprecating,
      self-depreciating, self-depreciative, self-devoted,
      self-distrustful, self-doubting, self-forgetful, self-immolating,
      self-neglectful, self-neglecting, self-renouncing,
      self-sacrificing, self-unconscious, selfless, shy, timid,
      unacquisitive, unassertive, unassured, unpossessive, unpretentious,
      unselfconfident, unselfish, unselfreliant, unsparing of self