Modesty

//ˈmɒd.ə.sti//

Synonyms for "modesty" (136 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Strong matches (40)

Related words (68)

Noun(1 words)
reserve

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8 relation types

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4 entries

Antonyms

5 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

11 entries

derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

8 entries

Translations

99 translations across 43 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • αἰδημοσύνη noun (quality of being modest)
  • αἰδοσύνη noun (quality of being modest)

Arabic

2 entries
  • تَوَاضُع noun (quality of being modest)
  • حِشْمَة noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)

Armenian

2 entries
  • համեստություն noun (quality of being modest)
  • համեստություն noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • təvazö noun (quality of being modest)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • скро́мнасць noun (quality of being modest)
  • сці́пласць noun (quality of being modest)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • kabinian noun (quality of being modest)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • скро́мност noun (quality of being modest)

Catalan

4 entries
  • modèstia noun (quality of being modest)
  • modèstia noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)
  • pudor noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)
  • reserves noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 謙虛 /谦虚 noun (quality of being modest)

Czech

1 entries
  • skromnost noun (quality of being modest)

Danish

1 entries
  • beskedenhed noun (quality of being modest)

Dutch

3 entries
  • bescheidenheid noun (quality of being modest)
  • gereserveerdheid noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)
  • schroom noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • modesteco noun (quality of being modest)
  • seksmodesteco noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)

Finnish

4 entries
  • häveliäisyys noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)
  • kainous noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)
  • siveys noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)
  • säädyllisyys noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)

French

2 entries
  • modestie noun (quality of being modest)
  • pudeur noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)

Galician

1 entries
  • modestia noun (quality of being modest)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ზომიერება noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)
  • თავდაჭერილობა noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)
  • თავმდაბლობა noun (quality of being modest)
  • თავმდაბლობა noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)

German

2 entries
  • Bescheidenheit noun (quality of being modest)
  • Sittsamkeit noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)

Greek

4 entries
  • μετριοπάθεια noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)
  • μετριοφροσύνη noun (quality of being modest)
  • σεμνότητα noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)
  • ταπεινότητα noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)

Hindi

4 entries
  • नम्रता noun (quality of being modest)
  • विनम्रता noun (quality of being modest)
  • विनय noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)
  • शील noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • szerénység noun (quality of being modest)

Irish

1 entries
  • adhnáire noun (quality of being modest)

Italian

1 entries
  • modestia noun (quality of being modest)

Latin

2 entries
  • modestia noun (quality of being modest)
  • pudor noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kuklumas noun (quality of being modest)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • скромност noun (quality of being modest)

Māori

2 entries
  • whakamōwaitanga noun (quality of being modest)
  • whakamōwaitanga noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)

Old English

1 entries
  • sċamfæstnes noun (quality of being modest)

Persian

1 entries
  • آزرم noun (quality of being modest)

Polish

3 entries
  • skromność noun (quality of being modest)
  • skromność noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)
  • skromność noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • modéstia noun (quality of being modest)

Romanian

4 entries
  • castitate noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)
  • modestie noun (quality of being modest)
  • puritate noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)
  • rezervă noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)

Russian

4 entries
  • благопристо́йность noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)
  • засте́нчивость noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)
  • сде́ржанность noun (quality of being modest)
  • сде́ржанность noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • skrȍmnōst noun (quality of being modest)
  • skrȍmnōst noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)
  • čȅdnōst noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)
  • скро̏мно̄ст noun (quality of being modest)

Slovak

1 entries
  • skromnosť noun (quality of being modest)

Slovene

1 entries
  • skromnost noun (quality of being modest)

Spanish

3 entries
  • modestia noun (quality of being modest)
  • modestia noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)
  • pudor noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)

Swedish

1 entries
  • blygsamhet noun (quality of being modest)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความอ่อนน้อมถ่อมตน noun (quality of being modest)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kwīpe noun (pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness)

Turkish

2 entries
  • alçakgönüllülük noun (quality of being modest)
  • haya noun (quality of being modest)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • скро́мність noun (quality of being modest)

Urdu

4 entries
  • آبْرُو noun (quality of being modest)
  • حَیا noun (quality of being modest)
  • شَرْم noun (moderate behaviour; reserve)
  • لاج noun (quality of being modest)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Modesty is befitting to a young girl.

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His modesty is worth respecting.

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His modesty prevented him from making his feelings known to her.

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She assumes an air of modesty.

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