modest

From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑdəst/

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• Rhymes: -ɒdəst

 

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

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

   Synonyms: demure, meek; see also Thesaurus:humble

   Antonyms: arrogant, immodest; see also Thesaurus:arrogant

2. Small, moderate in size.

   Synonyms: moderate, tiny; see also Thesaurus:intermediate, Thesaurus:small

   Antonyms: immodest, obscene; see also Thesaurus:large, Thesaurus:excessive

   He earns a modest amount of money.

   Her latest novel was a modest success.

3. Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.

   Synonyms: chaste, demure, prudish, virginal

   Antonyms: immodest, obscene; see also Thesaurus:obscene

   modest thoughts or language

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

   Synonyms: austere, chaste; see also Thesaurus:unadorned

   Antonyms: flamboyant, immodest; see also Thesaurus:gaudy

• modestly
• modest proposal

• modesty

• domets

• IPA^(key): /mɔdɛst/

modest (feminine modeste)

1. modest

• modesti

Borrowed from Latin modestus.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈðest]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [moˈðest]

modest (feminine modesta, masculine plural modests or modestos, feminine plural modestes)

1. modest

   Antonym: immodest

• modestament

• immodest
• modèstia

• “modest” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “modest”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “modest” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “modest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin modestus or French modeste or Italian modesto.

• IPA^(key): /moˈdest/

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modest m or n (feminine singular modestă, masculine plural modești, feminine and neuter plural modeste)

1. modest