Synonyms for meek
mikmeek

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 5 votes

1. meek

   Synonyms:
   accountable, complaisant, compliant, conditional, constitutional, contingent, docile, ductile, gentle, humble, lenient, limited, lowly, mild, responsible, submissive, yielding

   Antonyms:
   absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, coercive, commanding, compulsive, compulsory, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, exacting, haughty, imperative, imperious, irresponsible, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, positive, supreme, tyrannical, unconditional, unequivocal

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1. meek

   Synonyms:
   mild, gentle, submissive, modest, yielding, unassuming

   Antonyms:
   bold, arrogant, self-asserting, irritable, proud, high-spirited

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. 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, soft, minor, modest, spiritless, mild, balmy, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

   Antonyms:
   obstinate, proud, unregenerate, domineering, stubborn

2. meek, tameadjective

   very docile

   "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes

   Synonyms:
   tame, spiritless, mild, tamed, modest

   Antonyms:
   stubborn, domineering, unregenerate, obstinate, proud

3. meek, spiritlessadjective

   evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant

   "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had the heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient"

   Synonyms:
   tame, spiritless, mild, modest

   Antonyms:
   proud, stubborn, unregenerate, obstinate, domineering

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1. meekadjective

   Synonyms:
   humble, lowly, submissive, mild, soft, gentle, modest, demure

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1. meekadjective

   Synonyms:
   humble, unassuming, modest, retiring, docile, lowly

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1. List of paraphrases for "meek":

   mick, humble

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How to use meek in a sentence?

1. Don Marquis:

   Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

2. The Clown Prince of Darkness, corresponsdence:

   Blessed be the meek, for they shall inherit six feet of the earth.

3. Izaak Walton:

   God has two dwellings one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

4. J. Paul Getty:

   The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

5. Izaak Walton:

   God has two dwellings: one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.