humbleness
Lack of pretense
Humbleness is the quality of being humble—modest, unassuming, not proud.
It suggests a lack of arrogance and willingness to acknowledge one's limitations: His humbleness made him easy to work with.
The word is interchangeable with humility, though humility appears more often in formal or religious contexts.
Absence of showiness
- self-effacementDownplaying one's importance
- unassumingnessAbsence of self-importance
- demurenessModest, reserved quality
- down-to-earthPractical and without pretension
gentleness · reserve · plainness · simplicity · ordinariness · self-deprecation · unobtrusiveness · understatement
Thankfulness for kindness received
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- teachabilityReceptiveness to guidance
- opennessQuality of being accessible
self-awareness · wisdom · contentment · acceptance · groundedness · authenticity · sincerity · piety
Tendency toward social timidity
- bashfulnessTimid self-consciousness
- timidityFearful lack of courage
- introversionInward-directed temperament
- reserveSupply kept back
quietness · reticence · self-consciousness · diffidence · unassertiveness · coyness · wallflower · soft-spoken
Quality of showing esteem
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- docilityReadiness to submit
- servilityExcessive willingness to please
acquiescence · yielding · subservience · reverence · kowtowing · bowing · genuflection · prostration
unpretentiousness
Absence of showiness
- self-effacementDownplaying one's importance
- unassumingnessAbsence of self-importance
- demurenessModest, reserved quality
down-to-earth · gentleness · reserve · plainness · simplicity · ordinariness · self-deprecation · unobtrusiveness · understatement · quiet confidence
gratitude
Thankfulness for kindness received
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- teachabilityReceptiveness to guidance
openness · self-awareness · wisdom · contentment · acceptance · groundedness · authenticity · sincerity · piety · devotion
shyness
Tendency toward social timidity
- bashfulnessTimid self-consciousness
- timidityFearful lack of courage
- introversionInward-directed temperament
reserve · quietness · reticence · self-consciousness · diffidence · unassertiveness · coyness · wallflower · soft-spoken
respectfulness
Quality of showing esteem
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- docilityReadiness to submit
servility · acquiescence · yielding · subservience · reverence · kowtowing · bowing · genuflection · prostration · deference
- humilitymodest, meek, self-effacement, unpretentiousness, demureness
- virtuesintegrity, honesty, justice, courage, fairness
- wisdomwisdom, sagacity, sapience, discernment, insight
- egoego, egoism, big ego, egotism, egocentrism
- rustic qualitiessimplicity, earthiness, quaintness, unpretentiousness, roughness
humblenesshaughtiness
Disdainful sense of superiority
hauteur · superciliousness · imperiousness · lordliness · pomposity
humblenesspresumptuousness
Excessive forwardness or boldness
assumption · bumptiousness · pushiness · boldness · audacity
humble, modesty, humility, humiliate, humiliation, humbled, mildness, humbly, humbling