modesty

Synonyms

demureness, down-to-earthness, humbleness, humility, lowliness, meekness;

Antonyms

arrogance, assumption, bumptiousness, conceit, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, hauteur, huffiness, imperiousness, loftiness, lordliness, pomposity, pompousness, presumptuousness, pretense (or pretence), pretension, pretentiousness, pride, pridefulness, superciliousness, superiority;

Near Antonyms

aggressiveness, assertiveness;

attitude, audaciousness, boldness, brashness, brassiness, cheek, cheekiness, cockiness, cocksureness, forwardness, overconfidence, swagger, temerity;

impertinence, impudence, insolence, nerve, sauciness;

boastfulness, chest-thumping, self-centeredness, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-glorification, self-importance, self-satisfaction, vaingloriousness, vanity;

condescension, disdain, scorn;

flamboyance, ostentation, ostentatiousness, showiness;

Related Words

acquiescence, compliance, deference, passivity, submission, submissiveness;

ingenuousness, naïveté (also naivete);

directness, plainness, simpleness;

bashfulness, diffidence, mousiness, quietness, reserve, reservedness, retiringness, sheepishness, shyness, timidity, timidness;