Words That Mean Humble
Genuine modesty, and its uncomfortable relatives — obsequious and servile are what humility looks like when it curdles.
7 words
- Deferentialadjective
showing deference
- Demureadjective
affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
- Docileadjective
willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
- Obsequiousadjective
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
- Servileadjective
relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
- Submissiveadjective
inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
- Subservientadjective
abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; ; - S.H.Adams
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A word’s meaning sharpens against its opposite. These sets are the ones worth holding beside humble.