wallflowers
Socially timid types
Wallflowers is the plural of wallflower—a person who stays on the sidelines at social gatherings, especially dances, rather than participating: She spent prom as a wallflower, watching others dance.
The image is of someone pressed against the wall, too shy or unpopular to join in.
Wallflowers are also fragrant garden plants that grow well against walls and in rocky crevices.
Reserved and retiring
- timidLacking courage or confidence
- bashfulUncomfortably self-conscious
- reservedRestrained in manner
- demureModestly reserved in manner
meek · unassuming · withdrawn · self-effacing · modest · quiet · unobtrusive · inconspicuous
Not picked or selected
- unpartneredLacking a romantic companion
- promHigh school formal dance
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- socialConcerning community life
mixer · cotillion · debutante · chaperone · sidelines · bleachers · bench · orchestra
Recurring each year
- biennialEvery second year
- fragrantEmitting pleasant smell
- gardenCultivated plant area
- borderOuter edge or limit
bedding · rockery · cutting · hardy · pollinator · nectar · bloom · petals
Final twentieth-century decade
- alternativeAnother available choice
- rockSolid earthen material
- roots-rockRock steeped in folk traditions
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
shy
Reserved and retiring
demure · meek · unassuming · withdrawn · self-effacing · modest · quiet · unobtrusive · inconspicuous · shrinking
unchosen
Not picked or selected
- unpartneredLacking a romantic companion
- promHigh school formal dance
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
social · mixer · cotillion · debutante · chaperone · sidelines · bleachers · bench · orchestra · band
perennial
Recurring each year
border · bedding · rockery · cutting · hardy · pollinator · nectar · bloom · petals · blossom
90s
Final twentieth-century decade
- alternativeAnother available choice
- rockSolid earthen material
- roots-rockRock steeped in folk traditions
Americana · Grammy · breakthrough · platinum
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- eventgoerspatrons, visitors, crowds, regulars, spectators
- partygoerspartygoers, party-goer, party-goers, attendee, partier
- student typesjocks, kindergartners, nerds, first graders, geeks
- Nobodiesnobodies, nonentities, unknowns, zeroes, ciphers
wallflowerssocial butterflies
Highly outgoing, sociable people
life of the party · center of attention · party animals · extroverts · socialites
wallflowersextroverts
Those who thrive socially
people persons · charmers · exhibitionists · hams · loudmouths
wallflowersshow-offs
People who flaunt abilities
attention seekers · exhibitionists · peacocks · showboats · divas