Synonyms of meekness

meekness

noun

ˈmēk-nəs 

as in humility

the absence of any feelings of being better than others

like most other things, meekness is best practiced in moderation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humility
• humbleness
• lowliness
• modesty
• demureness
• quietness
• submissiveness
• passivity
• directness
• acquiescence
• down-to-earthness
• compliance
• deference
• submission
• timidity
• naiveté
• naïveté
• ingenuousness
• timidness
• plainness
• bashfulness
• naivete
• diffidence
• sheepishness
• resignedness
• reserve
• reservedness
• shyness
• simpleness
• mousiness
• retiringness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• arrogance
• haughtiness
• egoism
• superiority
• pretence
• pride
• egotism
• loftiness
• imperiousness
• superciliousness
• assumption
• peremptoriness
• attitude
• assertiveness
• lordliness
• pretense
• pridefulness
• conceit
• hauteur
• pomposity
• presumptuousness
• aggressiveness
• pompousness
• boldness
• pretension
• huffiness
• bumptiousness
• pretentiousness
• forwardness
• brashness
• toploftiness
• cockiness
• swagger
• overconfidence
• cocksureness
• impudence
• insolence
• temerity
• cheek
• audaciousness
• cheekiness
• impertinence
• nerve
• boastfulness
• sauciness
• brassiness
• vanity
• condescension
• swash
• disdain
• self-complacency
• self-conceit
• self-satisfaction
• self-centeredness
• scorn
• self-opinion
• self-glorification
• self-importance
• vaingloriousness
• ostentation
• chest-thumping
• flamboyance
• self-applause
• showiness
• ostentatiousness
• self-assumption
• self-partiality

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of meekness

Most Canadians want uncomplicated lives, a desire for calm that can be misinterpreted by louder people as meekness. —Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025

Standing next to a record player in a sports jacket and turtleneck, Kaufman, with a kind of bulging meekness, a glisteningly gleeful timidity, puts the needle on the record. —James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2025

There is no meekness to his game. —Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025

But to see Bass as a kumbaya leader — or to mistake her softness for meekness — is to fundamentally misunderstand her. —Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024

Its rejection of the player feels somehow intentional—the result of meekness, perhaps, or some unknowable thought process. —Patrick House, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024

Watch Leo on Netflix Anger Management Sandler stars alongside Jack Nicholson in 2003’s Anger Management, about a mild-mannered man (Sandler) who learns to overcome his meekness with the help of a loud, brash, slobby anger management coach (Nicholson). —Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024

Dempsey brings the perfect balance of awkwardness and genuine romanticism to his scenes with Peterson, and forges a believable arc from meekness to self-confidence for Ronald. —Ew Staff, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023

But her ennui shouldn’t be mistaken for blandness or meekness. —Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2022