Synonyms for humility
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Noun
1. Humbleness
humbleness, meekness, modesty, lowliness, diffidence, submissiveness, submission
Other
self-effacement, self-abasement, egolessness, humilitude dated rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.
You can tell his humility is real by how he treats ordinary people.
Forms
- Plural
- humilities → humblenesses, meeknesses, modesties, lowlinesses…
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It may be carried too far, and is not always, like modesty and humility, a virtue. Humility consists in rating our claims low, in being willing to waive our rights, and take a lower place than might be our due.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- modesty Does modesty prevent you from seeing my naked blade?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| humility | rising | |
| modesty | rising | |
| meekness | rising | |
| humbleness | rising | |
| lowliness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- modesty3
- 8 letters
- meekness
- 9 letters
- lowliness
- 10 letters
- submission3, humbleness, diffidence, humilitude
- 11 letters
- egolessness
- 14 letters
- submissiveness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (modesty3 = 3 syllables).