Synonyms for Modesty
ˈmɒd ə stimod·esty

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. modesty

   Bashfulness is a shrinking from notice without assignable reason. Coyness is a half encouragement, half avoidance of offered attention, and may be real or affected. Diffidence is self-distrust; modesty, a humble estimate of oneself in comparison with others, or with the demands of some undertaking. Modesty has also the specific meaning of a sensitive shrinking from anything indelicate. Shyness is a tendency to shrink from observation; timidity, a distinct fear of criticism, error, or failure. Reserve is the holding oneself aloof from others, or holding back one's feelings from expression, or one's affairs from communication to others. Reserve may be the retreat of shyness, or, on the other hand, the contemptuous withdrawal of pride and haughtiness. Compare ABASH; PRIDE; TACITURN.

   Synonyms:
   backwardness, bashfulness, coldness, constraint, coyness, diffidence, reserve, shyness, timidity, unobtrusiveness

   Antonyms:
   abandon, arrogance, assumption, assurance, boldness, conceit, confidence, egotism, forwardness, frankness, freedom, haughtiness, impudence, indiscretion, loquaciousness, loquacity, pertness, sauciness, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, sociability

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1. modesty

   Synonyms:
   sobriety, diffidence, bashfulness, humility, pure-mindedness

   Antonyms:
   vanity, conceit, self-sufficiency, self-admiration, foppery, coxcombry, wantonness, shamelessness, effrontery

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. modesty, modestnessnoun

   freedom from vanity or conceit

   Synonyms:
   modesty, reserve, moderateness, modestness, reasonableness

   Antonyms:
   immodesty

2. modesty, reservenoun

   formality and propriety of manner

   Synonyms:
   substitute, stockpile, second-stringer, taciturnity, reservation, modesty, reserve, backlog, military reserve, reticence, modestness

   Antonyms:
   immodesty

Matched Categories

1. • Decency
   • Propriety

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1. modestynoun

   Synonyms:
   unobtrusiveness, meekness, humility, retiring disposition, freedom from presumption

2. modestynoun

   Synonyms:
   chastity, purity

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1. modestynoun

   Synonyms:
   unobtrusiveness, humility, delicacy, chastity, purity, decency, pudicity

   Antonyms:
   immodesty, boldness, indelicacy

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1. List of paraphrases for "modesty":

   humility, decency, modest

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1. Thomas Huxley:

   Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

2. Amy Ott:

   As a private Catholic high school, we adhere to teaching our students moral values which include modesty, we want all students to feel beautiful in what they wear while also adhering to our values as a Catholic school.

3. Hazlitt:

   True modesty and true pride are much the same thing. Both consist in setting a just value on ourselves?neither more nor less.

4. Yves Saint Laurent:

   I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

5. Demades:

   Modesty is the citadel of beauty.