modesty

unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality., triviality, levity, frivolity; paltriness; poverty; smallness; vanity (uselessness); matter of indifference; no object., nothing, nothing to signify, nothing worth speaking of, nothing particular, nothing to boast of, nothing to speak of; small matter, no great matter, trifling matter; mere joke, mere nothing; hardly anything; scarcely anything; nonentity, small beer, cipher; no great shakes, peu de chose; child's play, kinderspiel., toy, plaything, popgun, paper pellet, gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, bagatelle, rickshaw, knicknack, whim-wham, trifle, "trifles light as air"; yankee notions [U.S.]., trumpery, trash, rubbish, stuff, fatras, frippery; "leather or prunello"; chaff, drug, froth bubble smoke, cobweb; weed; refuse (inutility); scum (dirt)., joke, jest, snap of the fingers; fudge (unmeaning); fiddlestick, fiddlestick end; pack of nonsense, mere farce., straw, pin, fig, button, rush; bulrush, feather, halfpenny, farthing, brass farthing, doit, peppercorn, jot, rap, pinch of snuff, old son; cent, mill, picayune, pistareen, red cent [U.S.]., minutiae, details, minor details, small fry; dust in the balance, feather in the seal, drop in the ocean, flea-bite, molehill., nine days' wonder, ridiculus mus; flash in the pan (impotence); much ado about nothing (overestimation).

be unimportant; not matter; go for nothing, matter nothing, signify nothing, matter little, matter little or nothing; not matter a straw, make light of (underestimate); catch at straws (overestimate).

unimportant; of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance [more]; immaterial; unessential, nonessential; indifferent., subordinate (inferior); mediocre (average); passable, fair, respectable, tolerable, commonplace; uneventful, mere, common; ordinary (habitual); inconsiderable, so-so, insignificant, inappreciable., trifling, trivial; slight, slender, light, flimsy, frothy, idle; puerile (foolish); airy, shallow; weak; powerless; frivolous, petty, niggling; piddling, peddling; fribble, inane, ridiculous, farcical; finical, finikin; fiddle-faddle, fingle-fangle, namby-pamby, wishy-washy, milk and water., poor, paltry, pitiful; contemptible (contempt); sorry, mean, meager, shabby, miserable, wretched, vile, scrubby, scrannel, weedy, niggardly, scurvy, putid, beggarly, worthless, two penny half penny, cheap, trashy, catchpenny, gimcrack, trumpery; one-horse [U.S.]., not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw; beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration; de lana caprina; vain (useless).

slightly; rather, somewhat, pretty well, tolerably., for aught one cares.

distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat., "the bubble reputation" [As You Like It], vogue, celebrity; fame, famousness; renown; popularity, aura popularis; approbation; credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure with., glory, honor; luster (light); illustriousness; fifteen minutes of fame., account, regard, respect; reputableness; respectability (probity); good name, good report; fair name., dignity; stateliness; solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity., rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status; position, position in society; order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition., greatness; eminence; height; importance; preeminence, supereminence; high mightiness, primacy; top of the ladder, top of the tree., elevation; ascent; superaltation, exaltation; dignification, aggrandizement. dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification., hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody; classman; man of rank (nobleman); pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community., chief (master); first fiddle (proficient); cynosure, mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon (perfection); choice and master spirits of the age; elite; star,.sun, constellation, galaxy. ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels (trophy)., memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame; immortality, immortal name; magni nominis umbra [Lucan].

be conscious of glory; be proud of (pride); exult (boast); be vain of (vanity)., be distinguished; shine (light); shine forth, figure; cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash., rival, surpass; outshine, outrival, outvie, outjump; emulate, eclipse; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow., live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor , acquire honor; play first fiddle (be of importance), bear the palm, bear the bell; lead the way; take precedence, take the wall of; gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions (approbation) [more]; take one's degree, pass one's examination., make a noise, make some noise, make a noise in the world; leave one's mark, exalt one's horn, star it, have a run, be run after; come into vogue, come to the front; raise one's head., enthrone, signalize, immortalize, deify, exalt to the skies; hand one's name down to posterity., consecrate; dedicate to, devote to; enshrine, inscribe, blazon, lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel., confer honor on, reflect honor on; shed a luster on; redound.to one's honor, ennoble., give honor to, do honor to, pay honor to, render honor to; honor, accredit, pay regard to, dignify, glorify; sing praises to (approve); lock up to; exalt, aggrandize, elevate, nobilitate.

distinguished, distingue, noted; of note; honored; popular; fashionable., in good odor in; favor, in high favor; reputable, respectable, creditable., remarkable (important); notable, notorious; celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of; famous, famed; far-famed; conspicuous, to the front; foremost; in the front rank, in the ascendant., imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius; time-honored.

silence, muteness, obmutescence; taciturnity, pauciloquy, costiveness, curtness; reserve, reticence (concealment)., man of few words.

be silent; keep silence, keep mum; hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw; not speak. [more]; say nothing, keep one's counsel; seal the lips, close the lips, button the lips, zipper the lips, put a padlock on the lips, put a padlock on the mouth; put a bridle on one's tongue; bite one's tongue, keep one's tongue between one's teeth; make no sign, not let a word escape one; keep a secret; not have a word to say; hush up, hush, lay the finger on the lips, place the finger on the lips; render mute., stick in one's throat.

silent, mute, mum; silent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave (still) [more]; dumb; unconversable., taciturn, sparing of words; close-tongued; costive, inconversable, curt; reserved; reticent (concealing).