Humble

//ˈhʌmbəl//

Synonyms for "humble" (301 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (61)

abase humiliate inferior lowly modest abash abate abject accommodating acquiescent adapting adaptive adjusting altruistic amenable apologetic artless base baseborn beat down

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below the salt bend break break down bring down bring low bring to terms broken bump bust cast down chagrin chaste chasten chastened cockney committed common commonplace compliant conquer consecrated

Verb(13 words)

abase humiliate mortify abash abate baffle break bring down to size bring low bring to heel chagrin confound confuse

Adjective(4 words)

modest demure unpretentious abased

Adjective(2 words)

base baseborn

Strong matches (90)

contrite crush debase dedicated deferential deflate degrade demean demeaning demote deplume devoted disadvantaged discomfit disgrace disgrade dishonor disinterested displume domesticated

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Verb(27 words)

convince cut down to size debase defame defeat degrade demean demote depreciate depress discomfit disconcert discredit disgrace dishonour disparage downgrade eat someone for breakfast eat someone's lunch elevate

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embarrass embase ether flog give a bad name knock down to size lower

Adjective(3 words)

diffident humble-hearted low

Adjective(2 words)

low lowly

Related words (150)

meek melted mild minor mortify nonclerical obedient obscure obsequious ordinary overmaster override overwhelm pacific passive pastoral peaceable penitent penitential penitentiary

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place plain plebeian poor prostrate pull down puncture put down put out put to shame quell quiet reconciled reduce repentant reserved resigned respectful retiring ride down rude sacrificing second rank second string secondary self-abasing self-abnegating self-abnegatory self-denying self-devoted self-effacing self-forgetful self-immolating self-neglectful self-neglecting self-renouncing self-sacrificing self-unconscious selfless servile shabby-genteel shame sheepish simple sink small smash softened strip of rank sub subaltern subdue subdued subject subjugate submissive subordinate subservient suppress take tame tamed teachable third rank third string third-estate timid touched trample down trample underfoot tread underfoot tyrannize unacquisitive unambitious unaspiring unassuming unboastful uncomplaining underprivileged undistinguished ungenteel unimportant unimposing unknown unman unobtrusive unostentatious unpossessive unprepossessing unpresuming unpresumptuous unpretending unpretentious unresisting unselfish unskilled unsparing of self unwashed vanquish vulgar worsen

Adjective(7 words)

meek mild resigned self-effacing simple unassuming verecund

Verb(19 words)

meeken murdelize put someone in their place put to shame rape reduce relegate schlong shame sink slur smirch subdue subjugate suppress tame trim down to size trounce whittle down to size

Adjective(3 words)

menial modest small

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

9 entries

alter bruise change hurt injure modify offend spite wound

More specific

2 entries

overmeek overmodest

Antonyms

1 entries

proud

Synonyms

3 entries

abase humiliate lowly

Related terms

15 entries

ashamed cautious dejected embarrassed humblebee humbleness humiliate humiliation humility lowly moderate reserved servile shy submissive

derived

20 entries

eat humble pie enhumble humble pie humble plant humble-hearted humble-heartedness humblebrag humblehead humblehood humbleness humbler humblesome humblesse humblify humblish

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form of

1 entries

hummel

has context

3 entries

also northern england scotland

manner of

1 entries

change

related to

13 entries

abase arrogant assuming humbleness humiliate humiliation humility magnificent modest pretentious proud unassuming unpretending

similar

18 entries

broken crushed humbled humiliated inferior low lowborn meek mild modest respectful submissive unimpressive

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Translations

144 translations across 62 languages.

Ancient Greek

3 entries

ταπεινός adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
ταπεινόω verb (to bring low, etc.)
ταπεινόω verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)

Arabic

2 entries

مُتَوَاضِع adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
وضع verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)

Armenian

2 entries

համեստ adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
պարկեշտ adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Asturian

1 entries

humilde adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Basque

1 entries

apal adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Belarusian

2 entries

скро́мны adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
сці́плы adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Bulgarian

4 entries

скро́мен adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
смире́н adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
смирявам verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)
унижавам verb (to bring low, etc.)

Catalan

2 entries

humil adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
humiliar verb (to bring low, etc.)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏄᏢᏉᏛᎾ adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

謙卑 /谦卑 adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
謙虛 /谦虚 adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
謙遜 /谦逊 adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Czech

2 entries

pokorný adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
pokořit verb (to bring low, etc.)

Danish

4 entries

ydmyg adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
nedgøre verb (to bring low, etc.)
ringagte verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)
ydmyge verb (to bring low, etc.)

Dutch

4 entries

bescheiden adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
deemoedig adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
deemoedigen verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)
humiliëren verb (to bring low, etc.)

Esperanto

1 entries

humila adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Estonian

2 entries

alandlik adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
tagasihoidlik adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Finnish

4 entries

nöyrä adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
vaatimaton adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
nöyrryttää verb (to bring low, etc.)
nöyrryttää verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)

French

1 entries

humble adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Galician

1 entries

humilde adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Georgian

1 entries

თავმდაბალი adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

German

4 entries

bescheiden adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
demütig adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
demütig machen verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)
demütigen verb (to bring low, etc.)

Gothic

3 entries

𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to bring low, etc.)
𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)

Hebrew

2 entries

ענו adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
צנוע adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Hindi

2 entries

विनम्र adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
विनीत adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Hungarian

4 entries

alázatos adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
szerény adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
lealacsonyít verb (to bring low, etc.)
megaláz verb (to bring low, etc.)

Ido

3 entries

humila adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
humileskar verb (to bring low, etc.)
humileskar verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)

Indonesian

1 entries

rendah hati adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Ingrian

1 entries

nöyrä adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Irish

2 entries

umhal adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
uirísligh verb (to bring low, etc.)

Italian

3 entries

modesto adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
umile adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
sminuire verb (to bring low, etc.)

Japanese

4 entries

卑屈な adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
謙虚な adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
謙遜した adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
低める verb (to bring low, etc.)

Khmer

1 entries

ធ្វើអោយសុភាព adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Korean

2 entries

겸손한 adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
경멸한 adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Latin

1 entries

humilis adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Latvian

2 entries

necils adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
vienkāršs adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kuklus adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

pokorny adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

damiddeg adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Macedonian

2 entries

скромен adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
смирен adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Middle English

1 entries

avalen verb (to bring low, etc.)

Māori

3 entries

māhaki adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
whakapāpaku verb (to bring low, etc.)
whakapāpaku verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

nyekevu adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Norman

1 entries

humbl'ye adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Norwegian

1 entries

ydmyk adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Occitan

1 entries

umil adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Odia

1 entries

ନମ୍ର adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Old English

1 entries

ēaþmōd adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Persian

1 entries

فروتن adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Piedmontese

1 entries

umil adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Polish

3 entries

pokorny adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
skromny adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
uniżony adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Portuguese

3 entries

humilde adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
diminuir verb (to bring low, etc.)
humilhar verb (to bring low, etc.)

Romanian

3 entries

umil adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
umili verb (to bring low, etc.)
umili verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)

Russian

4 entries

кро́ткий adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
поко́рный adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
ро́бкий adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
скро́мный adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

skroman adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
скроман adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Slovak

1 entries

pokorný adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Slovene

1 entries

skromen adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Spanish

4 entries

humilde adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
humildoso adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
modesto adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
aleccionar hasta la humildad verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)

Swedish

4 entries

anspråkslös adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
blygsam adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
ödmjuk adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
kväsa verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)

Turkish

4 entries

alçak gönüllü adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
gösterişsiz adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
kalender adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
mütevazı adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Ukrainian

1 entries

скро́мний adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Vietnamese

3 entries

khiêm tốn adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
khúm núm adj (thinking lowly of oneself)
hạ thấp verb (to make humble or lowly in mind, etc.)

Volapük

1 entries

mükik adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Welsh

1 entries

gostyngedig adj (thinking lowly of oneself)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Luciano, the underdog in the match, will be trying to make the champ eat humble pie.

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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

Source: tatoeba (36695)

No matter how humble it is, there's no place like home.

Source: tatoeba (36721)

However humble it is, there is no place like home.

Source: tatoeba (36722)

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