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One entry found for
humility
.
Entry Word:
humility
Function:
noun
Text: the absence of any feelings of being better than others <displaying genuine
humility,
the peace activist accepted the Nobel Prize on behalf of all who have worked to end the violence>
Synonyms
demureness, humbleness, lowliness, meekness, modesty, retiringness
Related Words
acquiescence, compliance, deference, resignedness, submission, submissiveness; ingenuousness, naïveté (
also
naivete); directness, plainness, simpleness; bashfulness, diffidence, passiveness, passivity, quietness, reserve, reservedness, shyness, timidity, timidness
Near Antonyms
aggressiveness, assertiveness; audaciousness, boldness, brashness, brassiness, cheek, cheekiness, cockiness, forwardness, overconfidence, presumptuousness, temerity; impudence, insolence, nerve; boastfulness, self-centeredness, self-satisfaction; vanity, vaingloriousness; condescension, disdain, imperiousness, lordliness, masterfulness; flamboyance, ostentation, ostentatiousness, showiness
Antonyms
arrogance, conceit, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, pompousness, pretense (
or
pretence), pretension, pretentiousness, pride, pridefulness, superciliousness, superiority