modest means
Small but sufficient
Modest means describes a financial situation that is adequate but limited—enough to get by, but without luxury or abundance.
Someone of modest means can cover basic needs but lacks significant wealth or disposable income: Growing up, we were a family of modest means.
The phrase often appears in contexts of quiet dignity despite financial constraints.
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
- frugalSparing with resources
- thriftyPrudent with resources
- simpleFree of complexity
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
salt of the earth · meager · limited · sparse · tight · fixed income · scraping · hand to mouth · stretching · budget · paycheck · tight budget · working-class · living wage · penny-pinching · penny pincher · making ends meet · scrimping
modest meansaffluence
Abundance of money
riches · fortune · opulence · prosperity · destitution
modest meanshigh living
Expensive, indulgent way of life
conspicuous consumption · living large · lap of luxury · living beyond one's means · squalor
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