humility
/hjuːˈmɪlɪti/
humility noun: the characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.
Noun
humility (usually uncountable, plural humilities)
- The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.
- You can tell his humility is real by how he treats ordinary people.
- She had established a character for humility, discretion, noiselessness and religion which Mrs. Piper greatly regretted losing.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 193
- Synonyms:
- egolessness, humilitude, meekness, modesty, self-effacement
- Antonyms:
- pride
humility meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
humility in Hindi
- characteristic of being humble
- विनम्रता vinamratā, नम्रता namratā, विनय vinay
humility in Tamil
- பணிவு, அடக்கம், தன்னடக்கம்
humility in Marathi
- विनम्रता, नम्रता
humility in Urdu
- humility
- عاجزی 'ājizī
More languagesFewer languages
- humility in Bengali
- মৃদুতা mriduta
- humility in Telugu
- ఒద్దిక oddika
- humility in Malayalam
- വിനയം vinayaṁ
- humility in Kannada
- ವಿನಯ, ನಮ್ರತೆ, ದೀನತೆ, ದೈನ್ಯ
- humility in Punjabi
- ਖ਼ਾਕਸਾਰੀ xāksārī, ਗ਼ਰੀਬੀ ġarībī
- humility in Gujarati
- વિનમ્રતા, નમ્રતા
- humility in Odia
- ପ୍ରଣତି praṇati
- humility in Sanskrit
- अमानित्व amānitva, निभृत nibhṛta, विनति vinati
- humility in Nepali
- विनम्रता vinamratā, नम्रता namratā
- humility in Arabic
- تَوَاضُع tawāḍuʕ
- humility in Indonesian
- kerendahhatian, kerendahan hati
- humility in Persian
- تواضع tavâzo'
- humility in Thai
- ความถ่อมตัว, ความนอบน้อม
Examples of humility in a sentence
- Humility and care for others are the important qualities lacking in our self-preoccupations and self-elevations.
- For certain, there is an intrinsic open-heartedness, humility, and trust expressed by all who coddiwomple.
- Often the difference is attributable to the presence of pride or the absence of humility.
Synonyms of humility
Antonyms
Forms of humility
| plural | humilities |
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Origin of humility
From Middle English humilite, from Old French (h)umilité, from Latin humilitas (“lowness, meanness, baseness, in Late Latin humility”), from humilis (“low, lowly, humble, earth”). Equivalent to humble + -ity, with /mb/ reduced to /m/ (compare plumbing). Displaced native Old English ēaþmōdnes. Doublet of omertà.
Words that rhyme with humility
- sensibility
- utility
- facility
- ability
- disability
- compatibility
- possibility
- probability
- fertility
- fragility
- futility
- impossibility
36 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- senility
- virility
- vulnerability
- agility
- capability
- comfortability
- flexibility
- hostility
- improbability
- indomitability
- instability
- juvenility
- nobility
- stability
- accommodability
- affability
- backward compatibility
- backwards compatibility
- bouncebackability
- chewability
- creatability
- debility
- diffability
- ductility
- forward compatibility
- forwards compatibility
- fuckability
- impressionability
- ineffability
- irascibility
- manageability
- mutility
- tabability
- unassailability
- upward compatibility
- versatility
Questions about humility
- What does humility mean?
- Humility means the characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.
- What is humility in Hindi?
- Humility in Hindi is विनम्रता (vinamratā), नम्रता (namratā), विनय (vinay). See Humility meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is humility?
- Humility is a noun.
- How do you pronounce humility?
- Humility is pronounced /hjuːˈmɪlɪti/.
- What is the plural of humility?
- The plural of humility is humilities.
Words near humility in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: humility (page history and authors); humility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); humility (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); عاجزی (Urdu) (page history and authors); মৃদুতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); humility (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖ਼ਾਕਸਾਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); humility (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ପ୍ରଣତି (Odia) (page history and authors); अमानित्व (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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