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| 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: | modest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited, ordinary |
| Synonyms: | average, cheap, discreet, dry, economical, fair, humble, inexpensive, middling, moderate, natural, plain, reasonable, simple, small, unadorned, unaffected, unembellished, unexceptional, unobtrusive, unpretentious, unstudied, inelaborate, unembroidered, unexcessive, unextravagant, unextreme, unornamented, unostentatious, unradical |
| Antonyms: | extraordinary, immodest, ostentatious, presumptuous, unlimited |
| Main Entry: | bashful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | abashed, backward, blushing, chary, confused, coy, demure, diffident, embarrassed, humble, modest, nervous, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-conscious, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, silent, timid, timorous, blushful, constrained, overmodest, recoiling, self-effacing, unassertive, verecund |
| Antonyms: | confident, unabashed, unshy |
| Main Entry: | chaste |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pure, incorrupt |
| Synonyms: | austere, celibate, clean, continent, decent, decorous, elegant, immaculate, impotent, inexperienced, innocent, modest, moral, neat, platonic, proper, prudish, quiet, refined, restrained, simple, spotless, stainless, subdued, unaffected, unblemished, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, vestal, virtuous, wholesome, controlled, intemerate, monogamous, uncontaminated, unwed, virginal |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, defiled, dirty, lewd, wanton, unchaste |
| Main Entry: | continent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chaste, pure |
| Synonyms: | abstemious, ascetic, austere, celibate, inhibited, modest, restrained, sober, temperate, abstentious, abstinent, bridled, curbed, self-restrained |
| Antonyms: | impure, incontinent, unchaste |
| Main Entry: | demure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reserved, affected |
| Synonyms: | backward, bashful, blushing, close, coy, decorous, diffident, earnest, humble, modest, nice, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, reticent, retiring, sedate, serious, shy, silent, skittish, sober, solemn, staid, strait-laced, timid, unassuming, unassertive, unassured |
| Notes: | demur is the verb 'to object or voice opposition' while demure is the adjective meaning 'modest, shy' |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, bold, extroverted, outgoing, shameless, strong |
| 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: | folksy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | informal, simple |
| Synonyms: | cozy, down-to-earth*, homely, homey, low-key, modest, natural, plain, rustic, unassuming, unpretentious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ignoble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lowly, unworthy |
| Synonyms: | abject, base, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, craven, dastardly, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, heinous, humble, infamous, inferior, lewd, low, mean, menial, modest, ordinary, peasant, petty, plain, plebeian, poor, rotten, servile, shabby, shameful, simple, sordid, vile, vulgar, wicked, wretched, wrong, baseborn, scurvy, unwashed |
| Antonyms: | dignified, grand, high, honorable, noble, reputable, respectable, worthy |
| Main Entry: | inconspicuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hidden, unnoticeable |
| Synonyms: | camouflaged, concealed, dim, faint, hidden, indistinct, insignificant, low-key*, modest, ordinary, plain, quiet, retiring, secretive, shy, subtle, tenuous, unassuming, unobtrusive, low-profile, muted, soft-pedalled, unemphatic, unostentatious |
| Antonyms: | conspicuous, exposed, noticeable, open, unhidden |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inexpensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not high priced |
| Synonyms: | bargain, budget, buy, cheap, dime a dozen, economical, low, low-priced, modest, nominal, popular, reasonable, reduced, steal, thrifty, cost next to nothing, cut-rate, dirt-cheap, for a song, half-price, low-cost, marked down, popularly priced, real buy, real steal |
| Antonyms: | costly, dear, expensive, high-priced, high-cost |
| Main Entry: | introverted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reserved |
| Synonyms: | bashful, cautious, cold*, collected, cool, demure, introspective, modest, quiet, reclusive, restrained, secretive, shy, soft-spoken, solitary, standoffish, uncommunicative, withdrawn, close-mouthed, offish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | middle-of-the-road |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moderate |
| Synonyms: | balanced, cautious, conservative, even, impartial, indifferent, inexpensive, mild, modest, neutral, noncommittal, nonpartisan, on the fence*, reasonable, straight, compromising, controlled, disciplined, midway, not excessive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | middling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adequate, okay |
| Synonyms: | all right, average, common, conventional, decent, fair, good, indifferent, intermediate, mean, mediocre, medium, moderate, modest, okay, ordinary, passable, run-of-the-mill*, so-so*, tolerable, traditional, unexceptional, fairish, unremarkable |
| Antonyms: | exceptional, extraordinary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ethical, honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, blameless, chaste, conscientious, correct, courteous, decent, decorous, dutiful, elevated, exemplary, good, high-minded, honorable, immaculate, incorruptible, innocent, just, kindly, kosher*, laudable, meet, meritorious, modest, noble, praiseworthy, proper, pure, respectable, right, righteous, saintly, scrupulous, seemly, square, straight, true-blue*, trustworthy, truthful, upright, upstanding, virtuous, worthy, moralistic, principled, salt of the earth |
| Antonyms: | bad, corrupt, dishonest, evil, immoral, sinful, unethical, unprincipled, vile, amoral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | spotless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very clean; innocent |
| Synonyms: | blameless, chaste, clean, decent, faultless, flawless, hygienic, immaculate, irreproachable, modest, pure, sanitary, shining, snowy, stainless, unblemished, undefiled, unimpeachable, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, above reproach, gleaming, unsoiled |
| Antonyms: | dirty, soiled, spotted, stained |
| Main Entry: | timid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | afraid, ambivalent, apprehensive, bashful, capricious, cowardly, coy, demure, diffident, fainthearted, fearful, feeble, frightened, gentle, humble, intimidated, irresolute, modest, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, retiring, shaky, shrinking, soft, spineless, spiritless, submissive, timid, timorous, vacillating, wavering, weak, yellow*, badgered, browbeaten, bullied, cowed, cowering, daunted, having cold feet, milquetoast, trembling, unassertive, unassured, unnerved |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, daring, extroverted, fearless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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