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meek - 19 thesaurus results
Main Entry: meek
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shy; compliant
Synonyms: deferential, docile, forbearing, gentle, humble, lenient, long-suffering, lowly, manageable, mild, modest, nothing, orderly, pabulum*, passive, patient, peaceful, plain, resigned, serene, soft, spineless, spiritless, subdued, submissive, tame, timid, tolerant, unassuming, unpretentious, weak, wishy-washy*, yielding, zero*, acquiescent, longanimous, milquetoast, unresisting, weak-kneed
Antonyms: bold, brave, immodest, impertinent, uninhibited, emboldened
Main Entry: ashamed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: regretting, remorseful
Synonyms: abashed, apologetic, bashful, blushing, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, debased, disconcerted, distraught, distressed, embarrassed, guilty, hesitant, humble, humiliated, meek, muddled, penitent, regretful, reluctant, repentant, shamed, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, sorry, submissive, chagrined, compunctious, demeaned, discomfited, flustered, humbled, mortified, stammering, stuttering
Antonyms: bold, defiant, immodest, shameless, not sorry, unregretful, unremorseful, unself-conscious
Main Entry: diffident
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hesitant; unconfident
Synonyms: backward, bashful, chary, coy, demure, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, humble, insecure, meek, modest, mousy, reluctant, reserved, retiring, self-conscious, sheepish, shrinking, shy, suspicious, timid, timorous, unassuming, unobtrusive, unsure, withdrawn, blenching, constrained, flinching, rabbity, self-effacing, unassertive, unassured, unpoised
Antonyms: bold, confident
Main Entry: fainthearted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: timid
Synonyms: afraid, cowardly, fearful, frightened, gutless, intimidated, lily-livered*, meek, mousy, spineless, weak, yellow*, cowed, cowering, having cold feet, unassertive, wimpy
Main Entry: lowly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inferior, plain
Synonyms: average, base, common, commonplace, docile, dutiful, everyday, gentle, humble, ignoble, low, mean, meek, menial, mild, modest, mundane, obscure, obsequious, ordinary, plebeian, poor, prosaic, retiring, servile, simple, submissive, subordinate, unassuming, unpretentious, baseborn, cast down, lowborn, proletarian, reverential, withdrawing
Antonyms: higher, lofty, noble, pretentious, superior
Main Entry: patient
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: capable, willing to endure
Synonyms: accommodating, calm, composed, enduring, even-tempered, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, imperturbable, indulgent, lenient, long-suffering, meek, mild, persevering, persistent, philosophical, quiet, resigned, self-possessed, serene, submissive, tolerant, tranquil, understanding, unruffled, untiring, easy-going, mild-tempered, philosophic, stoical, uncomplaining
Antonyms: agitated, frustrated, impatient, intolerant, unwilling
Main Entry: retiring
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shy, undemonstrative
Synonyms: backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, humble, meek, modest, quiet, recessive, reclusive, reserved, restrained, reticent, shrinking, timid, timorous, unassuming, unsociable, withdrawn, nongregarious, not forward, rabbity, self-effacing, unaffable, unassertive, unexpansive, withdrawing
Antonyms: demonstrative, extroverted, outgoing, self-confident
Main Entry: submissive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: compliant
Synonyms: abject, accommodating, amenable, deferential, docile, domesticated, dutiful, humble, ingratiating, lowly, malleable, meek, menial, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, passive, patient, pliable, pliant, resigned, servile, slavish, subdued, tame, tractable, yes*, yielding, acquiescent, bowing down, comformable, complying, giving-in, nonresistant, nonresisting, obeying, uncomplaining, unresisting
Antonyms: disobedient, fighting, intractable, resistant, unyielding
Main Entry: tractable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: manageable
Synonyms: amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, ductile, facile, flexible, game, governable, malleable, meek, obedient, persuadable, plastic, pliable, pliant, subdued, submissive, tame, willing, workable, yielding, acquiescent, biddable, controllable, going along with, hanging loose, putty in hands, rolling with punches, tractile
Antonyms: intractable, obstinate, stubborn, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unruly
Main Entry: unassuming
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shy
Synonyms: backward, bashful, diffident, humble, lowly, meek, modest, mousy*, plain, prim, quiet, reserved, retiring, simple, unobtrusive, unpretentious, self-effacing, unambitious, unassertive, unostentatious, unpretending
Antonyms: bold, brave, confident, presumptuous
Main Entry: unobtrusive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: keeping a low profile
Synonyms: humble, inconspicuous, low-key, meek, modest, quiet, reserved, restrained, retiring, subdued, tasteful, unassuming, unpretentious, low-profile, self-effacing, soft-pedaled, unnoticeable, unostentatious
Antonyms: flaunting, noticeable, obtrusive
Main Entry: henpecked
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dominated by one's wife
Synonyms: acquiescent, browbeaten, compliant, constrained, docile, dominated, in fear of one's wife, intimidated, led by the nose, meek, nagged, obedient, passive, resigned, subjected to nagging, submissive, timid, unassertive, under one's thumb, unresisting, wife-ridden, yielding
Main Entry: gentle
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having a mild or kind nature
Synonyms: affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, bland, compassionate, considerate, cool*, docile, domesticated, easy, genial, humane, kindly, lenient, manageable, meek, mellow, merciful, moderate, pacific, peaceful, placid, pleasant, pleasing, pliable, quiet, soft, softhearted, sympathetic, tame, taught, temperate, tender, tractable, trained, warmhearted, biddable, cultivated, disciplined, dove-like, laid back, sweet-tempered
Notes: genteel means marked by refinement in taste and manners; a gentile is a person who does not acknowledge your God or denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew; gentle means soft and mild or having or showing a kindly or tender nature
Antonyms: crude, rough, troubled, unkind, violent, wild
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, sheepish, silent, simple, temperate, timid, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpretentious, self-effacing, unassertive, unassured, unboastful, unpresuming, unpretending, withdrawing
Antonyms: arrogant, assured, bold, brave, conceited, courageous, proud, self-confident, egotistical, unabashed, unashamed
Main Entry: tame
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: domesticated, compliant
Synonyms: amenable, broken, civilized, docile, domestic, fearless, gentle, harmless, kindly, manageable, meek, mild, muzzled, obedient, overcome, pliable, pliant, subdued, submissive, tractable, trained, unafraid, acclimatized, biddable, bridled, busted, cultivated, disciplined, gentle as a lamb, habituated, harnessed, housebroken, unresisting, yoked
Antonyms: unmanageable, untamed, violent, wild
Main Entry: quiet
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: calm, peaceful
Synonyms: collected, contented, docile, fixed, gentle, halcyon, inactive, isolated, level, meek, mild, motionless, pacific, placid, private, remote, reserved, restful, retired, secluded, secret, sedate, serene, shy, smooth, stable, stagnant, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, hushed, sequestered, unanxious, unexcited, unfrequented
Antonyms: agitated, troubled
Main Entry: low
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: living in, coming from poor circumstances
Synonyms: base, humble, ignoble, lowly, mean, meek, obscure, plain, plebeian, poor, rude, simple, unpretentious, baseborn, lowborn, unwashed
Antonyms: high, rich
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