Scrabble & Words with friends points
- modest is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- modest is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- modest is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10
Definition of modest
- not large but sufficient in size or amount (adjective)
Examples
- a modest salary
- modest inflation
Synonyms
- small
- relatively moderate, limited, or small (adjective)
Examples
- a newspaper with a modest circulation
Synonyms
- minor
- pocket-size
- pocket-sized
- small
- small-scale
- low or inferior in station or quality (adjective)
Examples
- a modest man of the people
Synonyms
- humble
- low
- lowly
- small
- humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness (adjective)
Synonyms
- meek
- mild
- free from pomp or affectation (adjective)
Examples
- comfortable but modest cottages
- marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself (adjective)
Examples
- a modest apartment
- too modest to wear his medals
- not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance (adjective)
Examples
- a modest neckline in her dress covered her up to her collarbone
See definition of modest in Merriam Webster