Synonyms for humble
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : huhm-buhl, uhm- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌm bəl, ˈʌm- |
Top 10 synonyms for humble Other synonyms for the word humble
- abase
- abash
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- bashful
- beggarly
- bemean
- biddable
- blushing
- break
- bring down
- cast down
- common
- commonplace
- contemptible
- content
- cut to the quick
- debase
- deferential
- degrade
- demean
- demote
- demure
- deny
- diffident
- discomfit
- discredit
- docile
- fearful
- hesitant
- hide
- humdrum
- humiliate
- ignoble
- inglorious
- insignificant
- little
- low
- low-born
- low-ranking
- lower
- lowly
- make eat dirt
- make one feel small
- manageable
- meager
- mean
- measly
- menial
- mild
- miserable
- modest
- mortify
- obliging
- obscure
- obsequious
- ordinary
- overcome
- paltry
- petty
- pitiful
- plebeian
- polite
- pop one's balloon
- proletarian
- pull down
- puny
- put away
- put one away
- put to shame
- quiet
- reduce
- reserved
- respectful
- retiring
- reverential
- rough
- scrubby
- sedate
- seemly
- self-conscious
- self-effacing
- servile
- severe
- shabby
- sheepish
- shy
- silence
- simple
- sink
- small
- snub
- soft-spoken
- sordid
- squash
- squelch
- standoffish
- strike dumb
- subdue
- submissive
- subservient
- supplicatory
- take down
- take down a peg
- tentative
- timid
- timorous
- tractable
- trivial
- unambitious
- unassuming
- uncouth
- underprivileged
- undistinguished
- unfit
- unimportant
- unobtrusive
- unostentatious
- unpretentious
- unrefined
- upset
- vulgar
- withdrawn
- wretched
Définition of humble
Origin :- mid-13c., from Old French humble, earlier humele, from Latin humilis "lowly, humble," literally "on the ground," from humus "earth." Senses of "not self-asserting" and "of low birth or rank" were both in Middle English Related: Humbly; humbleness.
- Don't be so humble; you're not that great. [Golda Meir]
- To eat humble pie (1830) is from umble pie (1640s), pie made from umbles "edible inner parts of an animal" (especially deer), considered a low-class food. The similar sense of similar-sounding words (the "h" of humble was not pronounced then) converged in the pun. Umbles, meanwhile, is Middle English numbles "offal" (with loss of n- through assimilation into preceding article).
- adj meek, unassuming
- adj poor, inferior
- verb shame, put down
- The haughtiness of others can never make us angry, if we ourselves are humble.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Will you go down, and humble that stubborn spirit of yours to your mamma?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- He was no longer the fairy godmother's devoted and humble factotum.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- But do you think I will rob my sister of her humble servant?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- This says nothing of the quality of my work, which, humble as it may be, is simply the best I know how to do.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Not being a knowledge of the whole truth it should be humble, tolerant, and eager to expand.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He so humble, so aged, so loth to take our money—and yet a villain and a cheat.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Now, he was her humble petitioner, but this servility could be of no avail to save him from shame.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- From across the Street the boy watched her with adoring, humble eyes.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He forgot that humble worship was not the way to win a high-spirited girl.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
Antonyms for humble
- agree
- allow
- assertive
- boasting
- bold
- boost
- brave
- build up
- clarify
- clear up
- comfort
- complex
- complicated
- compliment
- conceited
- delight
- discourteous
- egotistical
- elevate
- encourage
- enhance
- enlighten
- explain
- extraordinary
- extroverted
- friendly
- grow
- help
- honest
- honor
- impolite
- improve
- increase
- insolent
- intricate
- laud
- lose
- loud
- luxurious
- make happy
- moral
- nice
- noble
- open
- order
- outgoing
- please
- polite
- praise
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- promote
- proud
- raise
- release
- rich
- rise
- rude
- showy
- sociable
- strengthen
- superior
- surrender
- troubled
- unashamed
- uncivil
- unmannerly
- unrefined
- upgrade
- upset
- yield
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