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Adjective modest has 8 senses
- modest - marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals"
Antonyms: immodest, important, overweening, uppity
- modest, small - not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
Antonym: immoderate (indirect, via moderate)
- modest - free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"
Antonym: pretentious (indirect, via unpretentious)
- modest - not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
Antonyms: immodest, indecent
- humble, low, lowly, modest, small - low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
Antonym: superior (indirect, via inferior)
- meek, mild, modest - humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"
Antonym: proud (indirect, via humble)
- minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized - limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"
Antonyms: unlimited, limitless (indirect, via limited)
- modest, restrained, unostentatious - free from ostentation or pretension; "the restrained elegance of the room"
Antonym: indiscreet (indirect, via discreet)
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