Antonyms for HUMBLE
ˈhʌm bəl, ˈʌm-hum·ble

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1. humbleverb

   Synonyms:
   mortify, humiliate, abase, depress, degrade, disgrace, lower

2. humbleverb

   Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

   Thy humble nest built on the ground. -Cowley.

   Synonyms:
   lower, degrade, depress, humiliate, mortify, abase, disgrace

3. humbleverb

   Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; lowly; weak; modest.

   Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. 1 Pet. Ch 5: v. 6.

   Synonyms:
   mortify, abase, degrade, disgrace, humiliate, lower, depress

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1. humble

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humiliate, lower, reduce, sink

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1. humble

   Antonyms:
   high, lofty, eminent, proud, boastful, arrogant, assuming, pretentious

   Synonyms:
   low, lowly, obscure, meek, modest, unassuming, unpretending, submissive

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.6 / 5 votes

1. 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"

   Antonyms:
   too big for one's breeches, haughty, egotistic, braggart(a), skilled, swaggering, noble, swollen, cock-a-hoop, chesty, big, self-respecting, dignified, boastful, swollen-headed, overbearing, supercilious, purse-proud, snotty, beaming, snooty, proud of(p), house-proud, self-aggrandising, disdainful, conceited, persnickety, swelled, self-aggrandizing, arrogant, snot-nosed, prideful, uppish, egotistical, bragging(a), vainglorious, overproud, self-important, lordly, crowing, shabby-genteel, sniffy, stuck-up, self-conceited, pleased, self-respectful, imperious, vain, braggy, bigheaded, superior, proud

   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

2. humbleadjective

   marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

   "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski

   Antonyms:
   overbearing, skilled, pleased, beaming, braggart(a), big, superior, egotistical, sniffy, egotistic, shabby-genteel, bigheaded, too big for one's breeches, purse-proud, arrogant, conceited, vainglorious, haughty, noble, overproud, house-proud, crowing, lordly, uppish, snot-nosed, stuck-up, swollen, chesty, swaggering, proud of(p), self-conceited, swelled, swollen-headed, snooty, persnickety, bragging(a), prideful, proud, disdainful, vain, boastful, self-aggrandizing, self-respecting, cock-a-hoop, snotty, self-respectful, supercilious, braggy, imperious, dignified, self-important, self-aggrandising

   Synonyms:
   lowly, base, baseborn, low, small, modest, menial

3. humble, menial, lowlyadjective

   used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

   Antonyms:
   vain, supercilious, arrogant, snot-nosed, lordly, swollen-headed, proud, crowing, uppish, dignified, sniffy, too big for one's breeches, noble, overbearing, self-conceited, imperious, self-aggrandizing, superior, proud of(p), bigheaded, disdainful, snooty, braggart(a), self-respectful, swaggering, beaming, braggy, boastful, egotistical, self-respecting, bragging(a), vainglorious, purse-proud, swelled, egotistic, prideful, conceited, house-proud, swollen, cock-a-hoop, stuck-up, self-aggrandising, chesty, shabby-genteel, skilled, haughty, self-important, persnickety, overproud, big, snotty, pleased

   Synonyms:
   baseborn, low, small, base, petty(a), junior-grade, lowly, secondary, subaltern, modest, humble, menial, lower-ranking

4. base, baseborn, humble, lowlyverb

   of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

   "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

   Antonyms:
   chesty, self-respectful, imperious, swaggering, bigheaded, self-important, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, dignified, proud of(p), vainglorious, bragging(a), proud, self-aggrandising, house-proud, self-respecting, conceited, haughty, noble, boastful, big, prideful, vain, supercilious, self-conceited, swollen, beaming, swollen-headed, superior, snooty, braggart(a), egotistical, lordly, disdainful, skilled, shabby-genteel, self-aggrandizing, overbearing, persnickety, sniffy, swelled, overproud, stuck-up, snotty, pleased, purse-proud, uppish, too big for one's breeches, arrogant, egotistic, snot-nosed

   Synonyms:
   junior-grade, mean, basal, subaltern, humble, base, lowly, modest, menial, meanspirited, low, lower-ranking, secondary, small, immoral, baseborn, petty(a)

5. humbleverb

   cause to be unpretentious

   "This experience will humble him"

   Antonyms:
   stuck-up, vain, persnickety, lordly, self-aggrandising, proud, snotty, too big for one's breeches, snooty, arrogant, imperious, self-conceited, overbearing, prideful, self-respecting, dignified, house-proud, boastful, big, bigheaded, cock-a-hoop, egotistic, skilled, overproud, braggy, swollen-headed, egotistical, disdainful, bragging(a), haughty, swollen, pleased, snot-nosed, self-respectful, shabby-genteel, self-aggrandizing, sniffy, vainglorious, superior, swelled, proud of(p), supercilious, noble, crowing, purse-proud, self-important, braggart(a), chesty, beaming, conceited, swaggering, uppish

   Synonyms:
   mortify, humiliate, chagrin, abase

6. humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abaseverb

   cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

   "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

   Antonyms:
   swaggering, arrogant, disdainful, uppish, proud, too big for one's breeches, pleased, swelled, snotty, overbearing, persnickety, house-proud, braggart(a), bragging(a), self-respectful, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising, vain, self-respecting, snooty, sniffy, proud of(p), snot-nosed, purse-proud, prideful, big, skilled, crowing, haughty, braggy, egotistical, dignified, conceited, imperious, noble, self-conceited, self-important, overproud, chesty, beaming, boastful, swollen, lordly, superior, bigheaded, cock-a-hoop, stuck-up, egotistic, shabby-genteel, supercilious, vainglorious, swollen-headed

   Synonyms:
   subdue, humiliate, gangrene, chagrin, necrose, crucify, mortify, sphacelate, humble, abase

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1. humbleadjective

   Synonyms:
   lowly, meek, modest, unassuming, unpretentious

2. humbleverb

   Synonyms:
   humiliate, debase, abase, degrade

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How to use HUMBLE in a sentence?

1. Nancy Reagan:

   Without Jerry looking out for Ronnie on March 30, 1981, I would have certainly lost my best friend and roommate to an assassin's bullet, jerry was not only one of the finest Secret Service agents to ever serve this country, but one of the most decent human beings I've ever known. He was humble but strong, reserved but confident, and blessed with a great sense of humor. It is no wonder that he and my husband got along so well.

2. Milagros Jimenez:

   She reminds us of Princess Diana, humble, giving and looking out for the poor people, it's good for her to see how education for the low-income families helps, so that when they get older they get a good start.

3. Albert Einstein:

   My religion consists of a humble admiration of the unlimitable superior who reveals Himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

4. Brian Stelter:

   The more unknowns there are the more humble we must be, the more careful journalists must be.

5. Loren Weisman:

   Consider exchanging the claims, promises and guarantees for authentic, humble and engaging content.

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