modest
English dictionary entry
Meanings
adj
- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- Small, moderate in size.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
- Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
Pronunciation
/ˈmɑdəst/
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Word forms
modest
more modest
modester
most modest
modestest
Etymology
From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.
Synonyms
demure
meek
abased
diffident
humble
humble-hearted
low
lowly
mild
modest
poor
resigned
self-effacing
unpretentious
verecund
moderate
tiny
average
intermediate
middle
middling
medium
compact
fun size
fun-sized
ickle
insignificant
lit'l
little
mini
petty
pint-sized
pocket-size
slim
slight
small
small-scale
undersized
wee
wurly
chaste
prudish
virginal
austere
bare
inornate
plain
quiet
severe
simple
spartan
unadorned
unembellished
unextravagant
unornamented
undecked
ungarnished
untrimmed
unvarnished
Antonyms
arrogant
immodest
airy
chesty
authoritarian
biggity
big-headed
blustery
boastful
bombastic
buggish
cocky
conceited
disdainful
domineering
egotistical
entitled
flatulent
flaunting
full of oneself
glorious
grandiose
hankty
haught
haughty
haut
high-handed
high-hat
high and mighty
highfalutin
hoity-toity
holier-than-thou
hubristic
hubristical
imperious
inflated
insolent
la-di-da
orgulous
ostentatious
overbearing
overweening
pompous
presumptuous
pretentious
priggish
puffed up
sanctimonious
self-important
snobbish
snooty
snotty
stout
stuck up
supercilious
thrasonic
thrasonical
toploftical
toplofty
tumid
Related words
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