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Synonyms for Modest
ˈmɒd ɪstmod·est

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. modestadjective

    Antonyms:
    immodest

  2. modestadjective

    Antonyms:
    immodest

  3. modestadjective

    Antonyms:
    immodest

  4. modestadjective

    Antonyms:
    immodest

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. modest

    Synonyms:
    reserved, retiring, shy, unassuming, unobtrusive

    Antonyms:
    impertinent, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, obtrusive, officious

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. modestadjective

    marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself

    "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals"

    Synonyms:
    low, small, mild, meek, lowly, minor, humble, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

    Antonyms:
    pretentious, immodest, immoderate, indecent, overweening, important, unlimited, superior, limitless, uppity, proud

  2. modest, smalladjective

    not large but sufficient in size or amount

    "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"

    Synonyms:
    little, low, small, belittled, mild, meek, lowly, minuscule, modest, diminished, small(a), minor, humble, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

    Antonyms:
    immoderate, immodest, important, uppity, unlimited, proud, pretentious, superior, overweening, limitless, indecent

  3. modestadjective

    free from pomp or affectation

    "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"

    Synonyms:
    low, small, mild, meek, lowly, minor, humble, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

    Antonyms:
    proud, superior, unlimited, immodest, uppity, indecent, overweening, limitless, immoderate, pretentious, important

  4. modestadjective

    not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance

    Synonyms:
    low, small, mild, meek, lowly, minor, humble, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

    Antonyms:
    immodest, proud, uppity, superior, immoderate, overweening, limitless, important, pretentious, unlimited, indecent

  5. humble, low, lowly, modest, smalladjective

    low or inferior in station or quality

    "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"

    Synonyms:
    down(p), dispirited, minor, small, downcast, subaltern, scummy, base, baseborn, low-down, modest, petty(a), scurvy, pocket-sized, lower-ranking, secondary, humbled, gloomy, miserable, lowly, low, broken, small(a), down in the mouth, blue, humble, downhearted, grim, meek, low-toned, low-pitched, little, menial, pocket-size, small-scale, depleted, crushed, mild, junior-grade, diminished, abject, depressed, minuscule, low-spirited, belittled, humiliated

    Antonyms:
    pretentious, proud, superior, uppity, immodest, limitless, important, unlimited, immoderate, overweening, indecent

  6. meek, mild, modestadjective

    humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

    "meek and self-effacing"

    Synonyms:
    tame, low, small, humble, lowly, meek, soft, minor, modest, spiritless, mild, balmy, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

    Antonyms:
    immodest, important, indecent, limitless, unlimited, superior, proud, pretentious, overweening, uppity, immoderate

  7. minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sizedadjective

    limited in size or scope

    "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"

    Synonyms:
    pocketable, underage, diminished, mild, minor(ip), nonaged, humble, lowly, meek, modest, minuscule, minor, pocket-sized, belittled, venial, small, pocket-size, small(a), little, small-scale, low

    Antonyms:
    limitless, immodest, overweening, superior, important, pretentious, proud, immoderate, unlimited, indecent, uppity

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. modestadjective

    Synonyms:
    unpretending, unobtrusive, unassuming, retiring, humble, unostentatious, meek, not presumptuous

  2. modestadjective

    Synonyms:
    chaste, pure

  3. modestadjective

    Synonyms:
    moderate, not excessive, not extravagant

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. modestadjective

    Synonyms:
    unassuming, shy, unpretentious, unpretending, unobtrusive, retiring, demure, coy, reserved, unostentatious

    Antonyms:
    immodest

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How to use Modest in a sentence?

  1. John Hourican:

    And while it was portrayed as an attack on Russian money, really it was an attack on Cyprus because the real Russian money destroyed was modest, the savings and investment funds destroyed were enormous.

  2. Richter:

    When anyone is modest, not after praise, but after censure, then he is really so.

  3. Marine Capital:

    When it comes to small bulk carriers below panamax size the amount of coal they carry is relatively modest and our experiences suggest that certainly now institutions would take the view that the relationship with coal is, from their perspective, de minimis.

  4. Douglas Scharre:

    If the person is too far along in their disease, it’s not going to work, we don’t want to waste important health care dollars, it's not a cure, it doesn't reverse anything, it's a pretty modest impact.

  5. Jesse Hurwitz:

    Between the solid growth in labor demand and what we view as little remaining labor market slack, we expect that a modest pick-up in wage growth will give Fed policymakers the confidence in the inflation outlook needed to move toward an initial rate hike by mid-year.


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