Adjective modest has 8 senses
  1. modest - marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals"
    Antonyms:
    immodest, important, overweening, uppity
  2. modest, small - not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
    Antonym: immoderate (indirect, via moderate)
  3. modest - free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"
    Antonym:
    pretentious (indirect, via unpretentious)
  4. modest - not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
    Antonyms:
    immodest, indecent
  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"
    Antonym: superior (indirect, via inferior)
  6. meek, mild, modest - humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"
    Antonym: proud (indirect, via humble)
  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"
    Antonyms: unlimited, limitless (indirect, via limited)
  8. modest, restrained, unostentatious - free from ostentation or pretension; "the restrained elegance of the room"
    Antonym: indiscreet (indirect, via discreet)
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