Qualities
Synonyms for modest
Synonyms for modest: small and meek. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for modest
Interchangeable with modest in this sense
Audited under modest's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one modest carries in that sense.
- smalladjective, in the sense "relatively moderate, limited, or small"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name modest as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- meekmeek is an adjective in the sense "humble in spirit or manner"
The first group is filed under modest's own sense. The second reaches modest from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
relatively moderate, limited, or small
A newspaper with a modest circulation.
The true synonym
small
Same sentence, swapped: A newspaper with a small circulation.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- mild
- devoted
- elegant
Where modest turns up in the game
modest is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in 11 other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 11 puzzles where modest is the trap
- handsomeadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is generous, in the sense "of an amount, generously large", with modest sitting one tile away.
- smalladjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is little, in the sense "limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent", so modest is there to be ruled out.
- datedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is outmoded, in the sense "no longer current or fashionable", and modest is on the board beside it.
- generousadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is charitable, in the sense "willing to give more than is necessary, especially money or time", and modest is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play modest
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so modest reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company modest keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. modest carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.