What is another word for humble?

It depends which humble you mean. In the sense “low or inferior in station or quality”, the synonyms are low, lowly, modest, small. Across all 6 senses there are 11 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of humble?

The recorded antonym is proud. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.

Why are the synonyms for humble split into groups?

Because humble carries 6 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for humble come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Synonyms and antonyms

humble

humble/ˈhʌmbəl/

adjectiveverbCommon

humble has 11 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 6 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is proud.

11
Distinct synonyms: 1
Antonym: 6 of 6
Senses with a relation

Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.

humble as an adjective

4 of 4 senses carry a relation

1.
low or inferior in station or quality
“a humble cottage”
Synonymslow lowly modest small
2.
marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
“a humble apology”
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Antonymsproud
3.
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Synonymsmenial lowly
4.
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
“baseborn wretches with dirty faces”
Synonymsbase baseborn lowly

humble as a verb

2 of 2 senses carry a relation

1.
cause to be unpretentious
“This experience will humble him”
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Related
Broaderchange
Narrowerefface
2.
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
“He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss”
Synonymshumiliate mortify chagrin abase
Related
Broaderhurt
Narrowercrush take down

Questions about humble

What is another word for humble?: It depends which humble you mean. In the sense “low or inferior in station or quality”, the synonyms are low, lowly, modest, small. Across all 6 senses there are 11 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.
What is the opposite of humble?: The recorded antonym is proud. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.
Why are the synonyms for humble split into groups?: Because humble carries 6 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.
Where do the synonyms for humble come from?: From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of humble

Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for humble come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.

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Synonyms and antonyms

humble

humble/ˈhʌmbəl/

adjectiveverbCommon

11
Distinct synonyms: 1
Antonym: 6 of 6
Senses with a relation

Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.

humble as an adjective

4 of 4 senses carry a relation

1.
low or inferior in station or quality
“a humble cottage”
Synonymslow lowly modest small
2.
marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
“a humble apology”
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Antonymsproud
3.
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Synonymsmenial lowly
4.
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
“baseborn wretches with dirty faces”
Synonymsbase baseborn lowly

humble as a verb

2 of 2 senses carry a relation

1.
cause to be unpretentious
“This experience will humble him”
SynonymsNo synonym recorded for this sense.
Related
Broaderchange
Narrowerefface
2.
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
“He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss”
Synonymshumiliate mortify chagrin abase
Related
Broaderhurt
Narrowercrush take down

Questions about humble

What is another word for humble?: It depends which humble you mean. In the sense “low or inferior in station or quality”, the synonyms are low, lowly, modest, small. Across all 6 senses there are 11 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.
What is the opposite of humble?: The recorded antonym is proud. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.
Why are the synonyms for humble split into groups?: Because humble carries 6 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.
Where do the synonyms for humble come from?: From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of humble

Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for humble come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.

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