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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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

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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. Matthew Henry:

   Women who profess the Christian religion, must be modest in apparel.”

2. James Rubin:

   It's a shame that the politics, the pendulum of our political system, has swung so far to the other direction that our President and others are not prepared to take some modest steps to defeat a genuine threat, not the fake threat that was exaggerated 10 years ago.

3. James McQuivey:

   If I were at Apple, I would think twice about re-inviting hacking troubles, which is so embarrassing especially when you're about to get into personal health and Apple Pay. You really want to show people you can preserve their information, in the case of Google Inc, they have probably been attacked so many times that the threat of being attacked again is so modest or minor in their consideration that they didn't think twice about this.

4. Ryan Severino:

   We should expect only a modest increase in rent growth in 2015 due to the still-elevated vacancy rate.

5. Eric Schneiderman:

   In 2013, my office sued Donald Trump for swindling thousands of innocent Americans out of millions of dollars through a scheme known at Trump University, donald Trump fought us every step of the way, filing baseless charges and fruitless appeals and refusing to settle for even modest amounts of compensation for the victims of his phony university. Today, that all changes.