Generally speaking, Japanese women are modest.
Source: tatoeba (27320)
Modest
//ˈmɑdəst//
Synonyms for "modest" (307 found)
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Closest matches (62)
Strong matches (92)
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inexpensiveinferiorinfra digingloriousinnocuousinsipidintrovertedjuniorlacklusterleastlesslesserlimitedlourlowlow pricedlow-pricedlowerlowestlowliestlowlymanageablemeanmediocremediummeekmiddlingminormoralnamby pambynamby-pambynicenominalof a kindof a sortof sortsoffisholympianordinaryovermodestpassableplainpocket sizepoor
Adjective(20 words)
Adjective(8 words)
Related words (153)
priggishprimprissyproperprudishpurepuritanicalqualmishreasonablereluctantremoteremovedrepressedreservedrespectablerestrainedrestrictedreticentretiringsacrificing
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scrupuloussecond ranksecond stringsecondaryseemlyself-abasingself-abnegatingself-abnegatoryself-consciousself-denyingself-devotedself-effacingself-forgetfulself-immolatingself-neglectfulself-neglectingself-renouncingself-sacrificingself-unconsciousselflesssensibleservileshabbyshamefacedshoddyshrinkingshysilentsimplesmallso soso-sosparespotlesssqueamishstainlessstandoffstandoffishsticklingstrait lacedstraitlacedstuffysubsubalternsubduedsubjectsubordinatesubservientsuppressedteachabletedioustemperatethird rankthird stringtimidtimoroustokentolerableunacquisitiveunaffableunambitiousunapproachableunaspiringunassertiveunassuredunblemishedunboastfuluncongenialundefiledundemonstrativeunderprivilegedunderstatedundistinguishedunelaborateunembellishedunexaggeratedunexceptionalunexpansiveunexpensiveungenialunimportantunimposingunobtrusiveunornamentedunostentatiousunpossessiveunpresumingunpresumptuousunpretendingunselfishunsparing of selfunsulliedvapidvulgarwishy washywishy-washywithdrawingwithdrawnwithin meansworth the money
Adjective(31 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
11 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
135 translations across 46 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- αἰδήμων adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- αἰδοῖος adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Arabic
2 entries- مُتْوَاضِع adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- مُحْتَشِم adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
Armenian
4 entries- համեստ adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- համեստ adj (small)
- համեստ adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
- պարկեշտ adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- təvazökar adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- təvazölü adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Belarusian
2 entries- скро́мны adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- сці́плы adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Bulgarian
2 entries- сдържан adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
- скро́мен adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Catalan
3 entries- modest adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- modest adj (small)
- modest adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 小的 adj (small)
- 少量的 adj (small)
- 數量不大的 /数量不大的 adj (small)
- 樸素的 /朴素的 adj (small)
Czech
1 entries- skromný adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Danish
4 entries- anstændig adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
- beskeden adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- beskeden adj (small)
- blufærdig adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
Dutch
4 entries- bescheiden adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- bescheiden adj (small)
- eerbaar adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
- fatsoenlijk adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
Esperanto
2 entries- modesta adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- modesta adj (small)
Finnish
3 entries- siveä adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
- vaatimaton adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- vaatimaton adj (small)
French
2 entries- modeste adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- modeste adj (small)
Galician
2 entries- modesto adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- modesto adj (small)
German
4 entries- anständig adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
- bescheiden adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- bescheiden adj (small)
- gering adj (small)
Greek
4 entries- μετριόφρων adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- σεμνός adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- σεμνός adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
- ταπεινός adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- modès adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Hebrew
1 entries- צָנוּעַ adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Hindi
4 entries- नम्र adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- विनम्र adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- शालीन adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- साधारण adj (small)
Hungarian
1 entries- szerény adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Irish
4 entries- adhnáireach adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- modhúil adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- modhúil adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
- náireach adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Italian
4 entries- esiguo adj (small)
- irrisorio adj (small)
- modesto adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- modesto adj (small)
Japanese
3 entries- 謙虚な adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- 謙遜した adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- 適度 adj (small)
Korean
1 entries- 겸손하다 adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Latin
2 entries- modestus adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- modestus adj (small)
Latvian
1 entries- pieticīgs adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kuklus adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Macedonian
1 entries- скромен adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Māori
2 entries- pōrearea adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- whakamōwai adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Old English
1 entries- sċamfæst adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- bescheiden adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Polish
3 entries- niewielki adj (small)
- skromny adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- skromny adj (small)
Portuguese
4 entries- decente adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
- modesto adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- modesto adj (small)
- recatado adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
Romanian
1 entries- modest adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Russian
4 entries- благопристо́йный adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
- скро́мный adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- скро́мный adj (small)
- скро́мный adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- skrȍman adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- скро̏ман adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Slovak
1 entries- skromný adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Slovene
1 entries- skromen adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Spanish
4 entries- decente adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
- humilde adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- moderado adj (small)
- modesto adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Swedish
2 entries- blygsam adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- liten adj (small)
Thai
1 entries- ถ่อมตัว adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Turkish
4 entries- alçak gönüllü adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- kalender adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- mütevazı adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- mütevazı adj (small)
Ukrainian
1 entries- скро́мний adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khiêm tốn adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Yiddish
3 entries- באַשיידן adj (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
- באַשיידן adj (small)
- צניעותדיק adj (intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The union was modest in its wage demands.
Source: tatoeba (45642)
They would think the person is modest or lazy.
Source: tatoeba (46013)
Chris is very attractive and wealthy, but not very modest.
Source: tatoeba (62827)
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