modest
/ˈmɑdəst/
modest adjective: not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
Adjective
modest (comparative more modest or modester, superlative most modest or modestest)
- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- Antonyms:
- arrogant, immodest, airy, chesty, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed, blustery, turgescent, boastful
- Small, moderate in size.
- He earns a modest amount of money.
- Her latest novel was a modest success.
- Antonyms:
- immodest, obscene, ample, big, exceeding, cosmic, bodacious, broad, commodious, considerable
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
- modest thoughts or language
- Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
- Antonyms:
- provocative, sexy, sensual, flamboyant, alluring, arousing, attractive, bangable, beautiful, beddable
modest meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
modest in Hindi
- not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements
- शालीन śālīn, नम्र namra, विनम्र vinamra, लज्जावान lajjāvān
- small
- साधारण sādhāraṇ
modest in Tamil
- அடக்கமாக
modest in Urdu
- بےزبان, حیا دار, خاکسار, محجوب, شرمیلا
modest in Bengali
- modest
- লাজুক lajuk
More languagesFewer languages
- modest in Telugu
- నిరాడంబరమైన
- modest in Malayalam
- അടക്കം, വിനയം, മര്യാദ
- modest in Kannada
- ವಿನೀತ, ವಿನಮ್ರವಾದ, ಸಭ್ಯ, ನಿಗರ್ವಿ
- modest in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਰਮਸਾਰ śarmasār
- modest in Sanskrit
- अवत्रापिन् avatrāpin
- modest in Arabic
- مُتْوَاضِع mutwāḍiʕ, مُحْتَشِم muḥtašim
- modest in Thai
- ถ่อมตัว tɔ̀m-dtuua
- modest in Vietnamese
- khiêm tốn
Examples of modest in a sentence
- He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
- She was too modest to come downstairs dressed only in her nightdress.
- The short-term payoff for this is modest, but the optionality value is enormous.
Synonyms of modest
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Antonyms
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Forms of modest
| comparative | more modest |
|---|---|
| comparative | modester |
| superlative | most modest |
| superlative | modestest |
Origin of modest
From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.
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Questions about modest
- What does modest mean?
- Modest means not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- What is modest in Hindi?
- Modest in Hindi is शालीन (śālīn), नम्र (namra), विनम्र (vinamra). See Modest meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is modest?
- Modest is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce modest?
- Modest is pronounced /ˈmɑdəst/ (US).
Words near modest in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: modest (page history and authors); modest (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); modest (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); লাজুক (Bengali) (page history and authors); modest (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); modest (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); modest (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸ਼ਰਮਸਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); अवत्रापिन् (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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