Synonyms of meek

meek

adjective

ˈmēk 

as in humble

not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness

a meek girl who quietly went along with whatever her circle of friends wanted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humble
• modest
• timid
• unaffected
• unassuming
• lowly
• demure
• naive
• shy
• down-to-earth
• quiet
• unpretentious
• passive
• submissive
• subdued
• simple
• unassertive
• acquiescent
• deferential
• compliant
• resigned
• unaggressive
• reserved
• bashful
• mousy
• plain
• sheepish
• diffident
• yielding
• introverted
• shrinking
• retiring
• ingenuous
• unobtrusive
• cowering
• cringing
• self-effacing
• self-deprecating
• overmodest
• aw-shucks
• self-deprecatory

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• arrogant
• haughty
• superior
• aggressive
• imperious
• supercilious
• conceited
• pompous
• bumptious
• assertive
• pretentious
• uppity
• presumptuous
• impudent
• peremptory
• confident
• lordly
• high-and-mighty
• bold
• egotistic
• huffy
• uppish
• brash
• cocky
• brassy
• cheeky
• impertinent
• high-handed
• forward
• saucy
• chesty
• audacious
• high-hat
• overweening
• presuming
• highfalutin
• smug
• overconfident
• cocksure
• dominant
• narcissistic
• vain
• self-assertive
• egocentric
• hubristic
• prideful
• boastful
• domineering
• egoistic
• huffish
• self-asserting
• hoity-toity
• bombastic
• toplofty
• vainglorious
• overbearing
• condescending
• self-confident
• disdainful
• swaggering
• fastuous
• patronizing
• showy
• flamboyant
• dominating
• self-centered
• outgoing
• magisterial
• ostentatious
• stuck-up
• self-satisfied
• self-contented
• self-important
• self-complacent
• self-conceited
• extroverted
• uninhibited
• self-obsessed
• self-engrossed
• self-affected
• swelled-headed
• self-pleased
• self-congratulatory
• unreserved
• immodest
• braggy
• pontificating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of meek

Howard recruited Winkler to star in his 1982 comedy Night Shift, as a meek morgue worker whose life is radicalized by a new hire played by Michael Keaton. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026

Closer to home, Liverpool have shown the pitfalls of an expensive facelift, splurging record sums on Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak last summer only to free-fall from champions to a meek fifth-place finish. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

Talarico’s Jesus is meek and mild, a man of heart rather than ego. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026

Gone was the meek servant child, replaced by a confident woman who remained composed during aggressive cross-examination. — Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026