MODEST Synonyms

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• very docile

• evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant

• self-consciously timid

• disposed to avoid notice

• set aside for the use of a particular person or party

• marked by self-restraint and reticence

• not arrogant or presuming

• of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

• reluctant to draw attention to yourself

• reluctant to draw attention to yourself

• lacking self-confidence

• a quick throw

• short

• wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things

• start suddenly, as from fright

• throw quickly

• not arrogant or presuming

• lacking pretension or affectation

• not ostentatious

• exhibiting restrained good taste

• limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

• the slender part of the back

• a garment size for a small person

• on a small scale

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• (of children and animals) young, immature

• slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope

• low or inferior in station or quality

• lowercase

• (of a voice) faint

• have fine or very small constituent particles

• not large but sufficient in size or amount

• made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

• less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

• being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension

• used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

• British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)

• an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

• a low level or position or degree

• the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

• in a low position; near the ground

• very low in volume

• unrefined in character

• of the most contemptible kind

• low or inferior in station or quality

• no longer sufficient

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

• low or inferior in station or quality

• inferior in rank or status

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

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

• moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• mild and pleasant

• of lesser importance or stature or rank

• lesser in scope or effect

• inferior in number or size or amount

• (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees

• not of legal age

• of lesser seriousness or danger

• of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

• a young person of either sex

• of the younger of two boys with the same family name

• warranting only temporal punishment

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• have as one's secondary field of study

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• small enough to be carried in a garment pocket

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• small enough to be carried in a garment pocket

• created or drawn on a small scale

• relatively moderate, limited, or small