Synonyms of the word

modest

• adj. Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.
• adj. Small, moderate in size.
• adj. (especially of behaviour or clothing) Avoiding being sexually suggestive.

coy

• adj. (dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.
• adj. (archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.
• adj. Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
• adj. Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
• adj. Soft, gentle, hesitating.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To caress, pet; to coax, entice.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To calm or soothe.
• v. To allure; to decoy.
• n. A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.
• n. (military) A company.

decent

• adj. (obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
• adj. (of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other…
• adj. (informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
• adj. Fair; good enough; okay.
• adj. Significant; substantial.
• adj. (obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.

demure

• adj. Quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious.
• adj. Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
• v. (obsolete) To look demurely.

discreet

• adj. Respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic.
• adj. Not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous.

humble

• adj. not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
• adj. Thinking lowly of oneself; claiming little for oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
• v. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
• v. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of;…
• adj. hornless.

inferior

• adj. of lower quality.
• adj. of lower rank.
• adj. located below.
• adj. (botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below…
• adj. (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
• adj. (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
• adj. (astronomy) Below the horizon.
• n. a person of lower stature to another.

limited

• v. simple past tense and past participle of limit.
• adj. With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
• adj. Of numbers, amounts, data: poor, small, felt to be insufficient.
• n. (railroad) A train that only halts at a limited number of stops.

low

• adj. In a position comparatively close to the ground.
• adj. Small in height.
• adj. Situated below the normal level, or the mean elevation.
• adj. Depressed, sad.
• adj. Not high in amount or quantity.
• adj. Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.
• adj. Quiet; soft; not loud.
• adj. Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.
• adj. Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
• adj. Being near the equator.
• adj. Humble in character or status.
• adj. Simple in complexity or development.
• adj. Designed for the slowest speed, as in low gear.
• adj. Articulated with a wide space between the flat tongue and the palette.
• adj. (phonetics) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
• adj. (archaic) Not rich, highly seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple.
• n. Something that is low; a low point.
• n. A depressed mood or situation.
• n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
• n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
• n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
• n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
• adv. Close to the ground.
• adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
• adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
• adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
• adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
• adv. In a time approaching our own.
• adv. (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower.
• v. obsolete simple past tense of laugh.
• v. (intransitive) To moo.
• n. (countable, Britain, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
• v. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.
• n. (archaic or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
• n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.

lowly

• adj. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
• adj. Low in rank or social importance.
• adj. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
• adj. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
• adv. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
• adv. In a low condition; meanly.

meek

• adj. Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
• adj. Submissive, dispirited.
• v. (US) (of horses) To tame; to break.

mild

• adj. Gentle and not easily angered.
• adj. (of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity; not strict.
• adj. Not overly felt or seriously intended.
• adj. (of an illness or pain) Not serious or dangerous.
• adj. (of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.
• adj. (of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm.
• adj. (of food, drink, or a drug) Not sharp, or strong in flavor.
• n. (Britain) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale.

minor

• adj. Of little significance or importance.
• adj. (music) Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the…
• adj. (music) being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
• n. A person who is below the legal age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities…
• n. A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who…
• n. (mathematics) determinant of a square submatrix.
• n. (British slang, dated) A younger brother (especially at a public school).
• n. (zoology) A small worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony, sized between a minim and a media.
• v. To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.

moderate

• adj. Not excessive; acting in moderation.
• adj. Mediocre.
• adj. Average priced; standard-deal.
• adj. Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
• adj. (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
• n. One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
• v. (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
• v. (intransitive) To become less excessive.
• v. (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.

overmodest

• adj. Excessively modest.

pocket-size

• adj. Alternative spelling of pocket-sized.

pocket-sized

• adj. small enough to fit into a pocket.
• adj. (idiomatic) small-scale, downsized.

restrained

• adj. Held back, limited, kept in check or under control.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of restrain.

retiring

• adj. Shy, introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
• adj. About to retire from work.
• v. present participle of retire.
• n. retirement.

shamefaced

• adj. bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.
• adj. ashamed, displaying shame, especially by blushing in the face.

small

• adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.
• adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
• adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
• adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
• adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
• adv. In a small fashion.
• adv. In or into small pieces.
• adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
• n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
• v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.

small-scale

• adj. Having a modest scope or extent.
• adj. Drawn or constructed at a small size, without much detail.

unassuming

• adj. modest and having no pretensions or ostentation.

unostentatious

• adj. Not ostentatious; simple; unpresuming.

unpretentious

• adj. Simple, humble, not pretentious, plain.