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modest
Overview of adj modest
The adj modest has 8 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) modest -- (marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals")
2. (2) modest, small -- (not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way")
3. (1) modest -- (free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes")
4. modest -- (not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance)
5. humble, low, lowly, modest, small -- (low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings")
6. meek, mild, modest -- (humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing")
7. minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized -- (limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country")
8. modest, restrained, unostentatious -- (free from ostentation or pretension; "the restrained elegance of the room")
Grep of noun modest
modest moussorgsky
modest mussorgsky
modest petrovich moussorgsky
modest petrovich mussorgsky
modestness
modesty
Antonyms of adj modest
8 senses of modest
Sense 1
modest (vs. immodest)
immodest (vs. modest)
=> important
=> overweening, uppity
Sense 2
modest, small
INDIRECT (VIA moderate) -> immoderate
Sense 3
modest
INDIRECT (VIA unpretentious) -> pretentious
Sense 4
modest (vs. immodest)
immodest (vs. modest)
=> indecent
Sense 5
humble, low, lowly, modest, small
INDIRECT (VIA inferior) -> superior
Sense 6
meek, mild, modest
INDIRECT (VIA humble) -> proud
Sense 7
minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
INDIRECT (VIA limited) -> unlimited, limitless
Sense 8
modest, restrained, unostentatious
INDIRECT (VIA discreet) -> indiscreet
Similarity of adj modest
8 senses of modest
Sense 1
modest (vs. immodest)
=> retiring, unassuming
Also See> humble#2
Sense 2
modest, small
=> moderate (vs. immoderate)
Sense 3
modest
=> unpretentious (vs. pretentious)
Sense 4
modest (vs. immodest)
=> coy, demure, overmodest
=> decent
=> decent
=> shamefaced
Also See> decent#3
Sense 5
humble, low, lowly, modest, small
=> inferior (vs. superior)
Sense 6
meek, mild, modest
=> humble (vs. proud)
Sense 7
minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
=> limited (vs. unlimited)
Sense 8
modest, restrained, unostentatious
=> discreet (vs. indiscreet)
Pertainyms of adj modest
Attributes of adj modest
1 of 8 senses of modest
Sense 4
modest (vs. immodest)
=> modesty, modestness
Domain of adj modest
Domain Terms of adj modest
Familiarity of adj modest
modest used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =8)
Grep of adj modest
immodest
modest
overmodest
Grep of adv modest
modestly
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