humble

Meaning

Adj

1. Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
2. Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

Noun

An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.

Verb

1. To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of.
2. To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.

Verb

To hum.

Noun

Alternative form of hummel.

Verb

Alternative form of hummel.

Synonyms

modest

lowly

meek

low

humiliate

base

abase

unpretentious

submissive

unassuming

mean

poor

mortify

baseborn

lower

small

simple

inferior

shame

plain

obedient

common

polite

humility

reserved

menial

embarrass

tame

insignificant

debase

demean

degrade

obscure

quiet

modesty

vulgar

vile

unpretending

demure

little

shabby

chagrin

courteous

dumb

crude

low-down

low-level

maidenly

abject

subdue

mild

supplicating

suppress

greedy

moderate

timid

uncomplaining

negligible

decent

ordinary

unobtrusive

cheapen

discredit

resigned

cheap

respectful

reticent

reverent

rough

humble-minded

lowly of heart

lowly-minded

ruin

roll out

run down

scummy

seduce

shamefaced

shrink

shy

silent

🔇

sink

small-time

soft

soft-hearted

sordid

spare

speechless

spoil

squalid

stoop

streak

submit

subordinate

subservient

supplicatory

taciturn

take down

trample

trivial

ungentle

unimportant

unimposing

unimpressive

uninfluential

unmurmuring

unnoticeable

unostentatious

venial

weaken

well behaved

well-behaved

well-mannered

wreck

write down

cry down

lay low

make a stroke

pull to pieces

be modest

strengthless

unpresuming

bring low

selfhumiliating

lower-ranking

maen

mean-mindled

abase oneself

abridge

approachable

at peace

austere

bashful

basic

beggarly

black

borderline

bring down

calm

chary

chaste

civil

compliant

conservative

contemptible

contrite

couch

🛋️

cut up

decrease

deficient

defile

deflate

deflower

delicate

demolish

deprave

depraved

depress

destroy

devalue

diminish

disgrace

dishonor

docile

downsize

draw

draw a line

drop

easy

fearful

😨

footling

gentle

homely

honest

hornless

humiliated

hummel

ignoble

immaterial

inconsequential

inconsiderable

inoffensive

lessen

let down

light

lightweight

look down

marginal

minor

miserable

nickel-and-dime

offend

owe

paltry

passive

prostrate

pull down

reduce

resign oneself

Hyphenated as

hum‧ble

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʌmbl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English humble, from Old French humble, umble, humle, from Latin humilis (“low, slight, hence mean, humble”) (compare Greek χαμαλός (khamalós, “on the ground, low, trifling”)), from humus (“the earth, ground”), humi (“on the ground”). See homage, and compare chameleon, humiliate. Displaced native Old English ēaþmōd.