Synonyms for modest
ˈmɒd ɪstmod·est

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1. modestadjective

   Antonyms:
   immodest

2. modestadjective

   Antonyms:
   immodest

3. modestadjective

   Antonyms:
   immodest

4. modestadjective

   Antonyms:
   immodest

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1. modest

   Synonyms:
   reserved, retiring, shy, unassuming, unobtrusive

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

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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, 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, 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, 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, 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

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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

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1. modestadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   immodest

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1. List of paraphrases for "modest":

   humble, moderate, modest-income, modeste, small, timid, meagre, lowly, slight, unassuming, low, limited, mild, moderate-income, minor, meager, modesty, little

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1. Peter Kenny:

   U.S. rig counts will continue to contract though at a more modest pace. Supply/demand equilibrium will likely take shape in the second half to be accompanied by an attempt at price stabilization and a modest rebound. Year-end target of $42 a barrel.

2. Winston Churchill:

   Mr Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

3. Confucius:

   The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

4. Jules Renard:

   Be modest It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

5. William Shakespeare:

   Free from gross passion or of mirth or anger constant in spirit, not swerving with the blood, garnish'd and deck'd in modest compliment, not working with the eye without the ear, and but in purged judgement trusting neither Such and so finely bolted didst thou seem.