Definitions for modest

Overview of adj modest

The adj modest has 7 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (3) modest

(marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals")

2. (2) modest, small

(not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way")

3. (1) modest

(free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes")

4. modest

(not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance)

5. 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")

6. meek, mild, modest

(humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing")

7. 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")