| Main Entry: | modest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
Synonyms: |
bashful, blushing, chaste, coy, demure, diffident, discreet, humble, lowly, meek, moderate, nice, proper, prudent, quiet, reserved, resigned, reticent, retiring, seemly, self-conscious, self-effacing, sheepish, silent, simple, temperate, timid, unassertive, unassuming, unassured, unboastful, unobtrusive, unpresuming, unpretending, unpretentious, withdrawing |
Antonyms: |
arrogant, assured, bold, brave, conceited, courageous, egotistical, proud, self-confident, unabashed, unashamed |
| Main Entry: | modest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited, ordinary |
Synonyms: |
average, cheap, discreet, dry, economical, fair, humble, inelaborate, inexpensive, middling, moderate, natural, plain, reasonable, simple, small, unadorned, unaffected, unembellished, unembroidered, unexceptional, unexcessive, unextravagant, unextreme, unobtrusive, unornamented, unostentatious, unpretentious, unradical, unstudied |
Antonyms: |
extraordinary, immodest, ostentatious, presumptuous, unlimited |
| Main Entry: | backward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bashful |
Synonyms: |
afraid, averse, demure, diffident, disinclined, hesitant, hesitating, humble, indisposed, late, loath, modest, reluctant, reserved, retiring, shy, sluggish, tardy, timid, uneager, unwilling, wavering |
Antonyms: |
aggressive, forward, precocious, unshy |
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, unadorned |
Synonyms: |
austere, bald, basic, blunt, chaste, cold, essential, hard, literal, meager, mere, modest, scant, severe, sheer, simple, spare, stark, unembellished, unornamented |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
Antonyms: |
adorned, decorated |
| Main Entry: | bashful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
Synonyms: |
abashed, backward, blushful, blushing, chary, confused, constrained, coy, demure, diffident, embarrassed, humble, modest, nervous, overmodest, recoiling, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-conscious, self-effacing, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, silent, timid, timorous, unassertive, verecund |
Antonyms: |
confident, unabashed, unshy |
| Main Entry: | careless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | artless |
Synonyms: |
casual, modest, naive, natural, nonchalant, simple, unstudied |
Antonyms: |
cautious, guarded, kind, mindful, scrupulous |
| Main Entry: | chaste |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pure, incorrupt |
Synonyms: |
austere, celibate, clean, continent, controlled, decent, decorous, elegant, immaculate, impotent, inexperienced, innocent, intemerate, modest, monogamous, moral, neat, platonic, proper, prudish, quiet, refined, restrained, simple, spotless, stainless, subdued, unaffected, unblemished, uncontaminated, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, unwed, vestal, virginal, virtuous, wholesome |
Antonyms: |
corrupt, defiled, dirty, lewd, unchaste, wanton |
| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chaste, virtuous |
Synonyms: |
blameless, crimeless, decent, exemplary, faultless, good, guiltless, honorable, inculpable, innocent, modest, moral, respectable, sinless, undefiled, unguilty, unsullied, upright, wholesome |
Antonyms: |
besmirched, defiled, impure, unchaste, unvirtuous |
| Main Entry: | continent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chaste, pure |
Synonyms: |
abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, ascetic, austere, bridled, celibate, curbed, inhibited, modest, restrained, self-restrained, sober, temperate |
Antonyms: |
impure, incontinent, unchaste |
| Main Entry: | decent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | respectable, appropriate |
Synonyms: |
approved, becoming, befitting, chaste, clean, comely, comme il faut, conforming, continent, correct, decorous, delicate, ethical, fit, fitting, good, honest, honorable, immaculate, mannerly, modest, moral, nice, noble, on the up and up, polite, presentable, proper, prudent, pure, reserved, right, seemly, spotless, stainless, standard, straight, straight arrow, straight shooting, suitable, trustworthy, unblemished, undefiled, untarnished, upright, virtuous, worthy |
Antonyms: |
inappropriate, indecent, poor, unrespectable, unsuitable, unsuited |