modest

  • (a) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
    • a modest apartment
    • too modest to wear his medals
  • (s) not large but sufficient in size or amount
    • a modest salary
    • modest inflation
    • helped in my own small way
    small,
  • (s) free from pomp or affectation
    • comfortable but modest cottages
    • a simple rectangular brick building
    • a simple man with simple tastes
  • (a) not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
  • (s) low or inferior in station or quality
    • a humble cottage
    • a lowly parish priest
    • a modest man of the people
    • small beginnings
    humble, lowly, small, low,
  • (s) humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
    • meek and self-effacing
    meek, mild,
  • (s) limited in size or scope
    • a small business
    • a newspaper with a modest circulation
    • small-scale plans
    • a pocket-size country
    pocket-size, pocket-sized, small, small-scale, minor,

Synonyms

small humble lowly low meek mild pocket-size pocket-sized small-scale minor

Antonyms

immodest

See also

humble decent

Words of close approximity

model modem
modern
modestly Modest Moussorgsky Modest Mussorgsky modestness Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky modesty