MODEST

minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

(adjective) relatively moderate, limited, or small; “a small business”; “a newspaper with a modest circulation”; “small-scale plans”; “a pocket-size country”

modest, small

(adjective) not large but sufficient in size or amount; “a modest salary”; “modest inflation”; “helped in my own small way”

modest

(adjective) not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance; “a modest neckline in her dress covered her up to her collarbone”

modest

(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”

modest

(adjective) free from pomp or affectation; “comfortable but modest cottages”; “a simple rectangular brick building”; “a simple man with simple tastes”

meek, mild, modest

(adjective) humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; “meek and self-effacing”

humble, low, lowly, modest, small

(adjective) low or inferior in station or quality; “a humble cottage”; “a lowly parish priest”; “a modest man of the people”; “small beginnings”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

modest (comparative more modest or modester, superlative most modest or modestest)

Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.

Small, moderate in size.

Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.

(especially of behaviour or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

Synonyms

• See also humble

• See also intermediate

• See also small

Antonyms

• immodest

Anagrams

• domets

Source: Wiktionary

Mod"est, a. Etym: [F. modeste, L. modestus, fr. modus measure. See Mode.]

1. Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.

2. Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman. Mrs. Ford, the honest woman, the modest wife. Shak. The blushing beauties of a modest maid. Dryden.

3. Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy.

Syn.

– Reserved; unobtrusive; diffident; bashful; coy; shy; decent; becoming; chaste; virtuous.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition