Nouns (6)
MODEST
n. a kind of programming language
make, brand
n. a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"
shuffle, shuffling, make
n. the act of mixing cards haphazardly
Verbs (77)
make
v. act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"
make
v. behave in a certain way; "make merry"
make
v. gather and light the materials for; "make a fire"
make
v. form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum"
make
v. constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man"
make
v. be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father"
make
v. to compile a multi-module program
make, get
v. give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
make, make up
v. put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room"
draw, make
v. make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"
make, do
v. create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"
make, produce
v. create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
make, drive to
v. compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"
make, create
v. make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
make, establish, lay down
v. institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
cause, make, do, give rise to
v. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
make, build, construct
v. make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
make, reach, get to, progress to
v. reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"
make, have, get
v. achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
make, effect, do, carry out
v. act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"
form, make, constitute
v. to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
fix, make, cook, ready, prepare
v. prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
throw, make, hold, give, have
v. organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
cause, make, have, stimulate, get, induce
v. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to
v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
make, gain, clear, take in, realize, pull in, bring in, earn
v. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (23)
modest
adj. not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
modest
adj. marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals"
small, modest
adj. not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
restrained, modest, unostentatious
adj. free from ostentation or pretension; "the restrained elegance of the room"
small, minor, modest, small-scale
adj. limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"
plain, simple, modest, unostentatious
adj. free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"
mild, modest, meek
adj. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"
low, small, humble, modest, lowly
adj. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
Fuzzynyms (322)
design, devise, make up
v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
chart, plan in detail
v. plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"
draw
v. elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"
frame, outline, compose, draw up
v. make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"
map
v. make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus"
make, create
v. make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
make, produce
v. create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
devise, get up, prepare, organize
v. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
complete, carry out, execute, fulfill, fulfil, accomplish, carry through
v. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
reach, pull off, accomplish, attain, achieve
v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
visit, bring down, inflict, impose, cause to be endured
v. impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
manufacture, make up, invent, fabricate, cook up
v. make up something artificial or untrue
shape, form, forge, mold, mould
v. make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
manufacture, construct, fabricate
v. put together out of components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"
fashion, forge
v. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
model, simulate, reenact, re-enact
v. create again
pattern, form a pattern
v. form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"
arrive, get in, make it, go far
v. succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"
touch, match, equal, rival
v. be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
mix, blend, meld, combine, fuse, merge, conflate, commingle, immix, coalesce
v. mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
draft, outline, rough
v. draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"
draft, draught, blueprint
v. make a blueprint of
form, organize
v. create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"
hold, keep, maintain
v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
have, own, possess, have possession of
v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"
hold, have, have got
v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
organize
v. cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
tackle, challenge with a tackle
v. seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
coax, palaver, blarney, wheedle, cajole, sweet-talk, inveigle
v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
assure, convince
v. assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"
turn, convert, convince, win over
v. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"
pressure, force, coerce
v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
influence, charm, tempt
v. induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
pull, pull in, draw in, attract
v. direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
beg, implore, pray
v. call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
thrust, force
v. impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
push, force
v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
buy, bribe, corrupt, pay a bribe to
v. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"
lure, tempt, entice
v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"
allure, tempt
v. dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
entrance, capture, charm, trance, bewitch, enchant, enamour, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, fascinate
v. attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
bid, invite
v. ask someone in a friendly way to do something
restrain, constrain, encumber, cumber
v. hold back
press, urge, exhort
v. force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"
fire, arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle
v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
reach, get to, attain
v. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
carry
v. cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green"
catch, grab, take hold of
v. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"
continue, proceed, go forward, move ahead, travel onward
v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
drive, pull
v. of a car; "The van pulled up"
drive, motor
v. travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"
cast, ramble, swan, stray, range, drift, vagabond, wander, roam, rove
v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
reach, pull off, accomplish, attain, achieve
v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
realize, actualize
v. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"
take, acquire, assume, take on
v. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
find, get, receive, obtain
v. receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
come through, succeed
v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
poke, jab, dig, stab, prod
v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
hit, cause to move by striking
v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
hit
v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
net, clear, yield as net profit
v. yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"
draw, take out, withdraw
v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
draw, reap
v. get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
moral, ethical, just, honorable, honourable
adj. adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"; "had the moral courage to stand alone"
chaste
adj. morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste"
clean, unpolluted
adj. "clean water"; "unpolluted streams"
clean, clear
adj. free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"
nice, decent
adj. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"
comely, decent, decorous, becoming, seemly, comme il faut
adj. according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"
wholesome
adj. conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"
chaste, clean-living
adj. abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
coy
adj. modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures; "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled"
unassertive
adj. inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence; "a shy unassertive person"
inconspicuous, invisible
adj. not prominent or readily noticeable; "he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole"; "the invisible man"
uncomfortable, strange, ill at ease, reserved
adj. physically or mentally ill at ease: "ill at ease with strangers"; "felt strange in the presence of men who talked excitedly of ... battle"
secondary
adj. belonging to a lower class or rank
minor
adj. of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor"
subsidiary, auxiliary, supplementary, supplemental
adj. functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches"
mere, simple, bare
adj. unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
basic, fundamental, ultimate, elemental
adj. furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"
plain, patent, manifest, clear, evident, apparent
adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
Spartan
adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
absolute, rank, gross, perfect, utter, sheer, pure, stark, arrant, double-dyed, out-and-out, sodding, staring
adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
menial, humble, lowly
adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
low, small, humble, modest, lowly
adj. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
dominated, henpecked
adj. harassed by persistent nagging
browbeaten, bullied, cowed, hangdog, intimidated
adj. frightened into submission or compliance
intimidated
adj. made timid or fearful as by threats
docile
adj. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
timid
adj. showing fear and lack of confidence
compliant, acquiescent, biddable
adj. willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"
retiring, unassuming
adj. not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"
unassertive
adj. inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence; "a shy unassertive person"
retiring, unassuming
adj. not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"
mild, modest, meek
adj. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"
menial, humble, lowly
adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
mean, beggarly
adj. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed
adj. of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"
Synonyms (31)
decent
adj. conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana
humble
adj. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski
medium, middle, average, intermediate
adj. around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium bombers"
cautious, conservative
adj. avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"
fair, fairish, reasonable
adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
limited
adj. not excessive
middle-of-the-road
adj. not extreme, especially in political views
prudent
adj. careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight"
restricted, controlled
adj. curbed or regulated; "controlled emotions"
narrow
adj. limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word"
honest
adj. without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food"
unpompous
adj. not pompous
low, broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated
adj. subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
submissive, deferential
adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
lower, less
adj. (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"
low-level
adj. at a low level in rank or importance; "a low-level job"; "low-level discussions"
middle-level
adj. intermediate in rank or position; "middle-level management"
outclassed
adj. decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class
Antonyms (61)
undo, unmake
v. deprive of certain characteristics
destroy
v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
destroy
v. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
level, dismantle, take down, pull down, raze, rase, tear down
v. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
dissuade, deter
v. turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"
lose, make a loss, lose money, fail to profit
v. fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year"
expend, spend
v. pay out; "spend money"
mistake, confuse, misconstrue, confound, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, take amiss
v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"
immodest
adj. offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
indecent
adj. offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"
indecent
adj. offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; "a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards"
proud
adj. feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"
immodest
adj. having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc; "brash immodest boasting"
proud
adj. feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"
pretentious
adj. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
elegant
adj. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"
flash, gaudy, brassy, vulgar, flashy, cheap, loud, meretricious, tawdry, garish, gimcrack, tacky, trashy
adj. tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
overblown, grandiloquent, pompous, pontifical, portentous
adj. puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
proud
adj. feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"
superior
adj. of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior officer"
soaring, tall, eminent, lofty, towering
adj. of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs"
make modest
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