- pronunciation:
- huhm
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- features:
- Word History
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
humbler, humblest |
| definition 1: |
When someone is humble, they are not too proud. They don't see themselves as higher than other people. Sometimes they see other people as being higher than themselves. If someone is humble, they are happy to have friends at any level, and they are happy with the fairly simple things in life. They don't need expensive or fancy things.
Although he became rich, he remained a humble man who helped a lot of other people.- synonyms:
- modest
- antonyms:
- arrogant, proud, superior
- similar words:
- simple
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| definition 2: |
If something is humble, it is simple and basic. It's not fancy or elegant.
The house was humble, but it had everything the young couple needed.Mr. Evans didn't mind his humble job. It wasn't fancy, and it didn't pay a lot of money, but he knew it was important to the community.- synonyms:
- modest
- antonyms:
- grand
- similar words:
- common, ordinary
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| derivations: |
humblingly (adv.), humbly (adv.), humbleness (n.), humbler (n.) |
The words
humble and
human both go back to
humus, the Latin word for "earth" or "soil."