Synonyms of modesty

modesty

noun

ˈmä-də-stē 

1

as in meekness

the absence of any feelings of being better than others

his natural modesty makes him reluctant to run for public office

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meekness
• humility
• humbleness
• demureness
• lowliness
• quietness
• directness
• down-to-earthness
• submissiveness
• deference
• passivity
• naiveté
• compliance
• naïveté
• acquiescence
• timidity
• ingenuousness
• submission
• naivete
• bashfulness
• plainness
• diffidence
• timidness
• reserve
• sheepishness
• reservedness
• shyness
• simpleness
• resignedness
• mousiness
• retiringness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• arrogance
• pretence
• pride
• haughtiness
• assumption
• superiority
• egoism
• loftiness
• pretense
• imperiousness
• egotism
• conceit
• attitude
• superciliousness
• presumptuousness
• pomposity
• hauteur
• pretension
• pretentiousness
• assertiveness
• boldness
• pompousness
• pridefulness
• peremptoriness
• aggressiveness
• lordliness
• bumptiousness
• huffiness
• forwardness
• brashness
• overconfidence
• cheekiness
• swagger
• audaciousness
• impudence
• cockiness
• temerity
• cheek
• toploftiness
• cocksureness
• insolence
• vanity
• sauciness
• nerve
• impertinence
• boastfulness
• brassiness
• disdain
• swash
• self-satisfaction
• self-importance
• condescension
• self-conceit
• self-complacency
• self-opinion
• self-glorification
• scorn
• ostentation
• self-centeredness
• flamboyance
• vaingloriousness
• chest-thumping
• showiness
• ostentatiousness
• self-applause
• self-assumption
• self-partiality

2

as in purity

the quality or state of being morally pure

in this day and age, that's very becoming modesty in a teenager

Synonyms & Similar Words

• purity
• innocence
• virtue
• goodness
• chastity
• morality
• chasteness
• immaculacy
• righteousness
• decorum
• decency
• virtuousness
• rectitude
• probity
• propriety
• seemliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impurity
• unchastity
• evil
• immodesty
• wickedness
• sinfulness
• badness
• unrighteousness
• vulgarity
• unchasteness
• indecency
• impropriety

Examples of modesty in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The justifiable ambition of Biden’s domestic agenda needs to be matched with judicious modesty in his foreign policy. —Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2021

Petridis also served as ghostwriter on that 2019 publication, titled without false modesty, Me. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024

They were considered so inferior to regular housing that, to emphasize the modesty of Jesus’s birth, some priests around this time said that Jesus was born not in a manger but in a penthouse. —Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2024

In an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, the conservative majority has now officially ripped away that veil of modesty and replaced it with direct supervisory power. —Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024