What is another word for meek?
578 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mˈiːk], [ mˈiːk], [ m_ˈiː_k]
Meek is a word that describes someone who is timid, submissive, or humble. Synonyms for the word meek include mild, docile, gentle, and submissive. Other synonyms for meek include obedient, compliant, tractable, and acquiescent. Meek also denotes being unassuming, shy or retiring and synonyms for this definition include modest, unpretentious, unassuming, and humble. People who are meek are often patient and tolerant, and other synonyms to describe these traits include forbearing, long-suffering, and enduring. Overall, synonyms for meek portray a person who is subdued and submissive in nature but carries a certain charm and humility in their attitude towards people and situations.
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Similar words for meek:
- compliant (adjective)
- henpecked (adjective)
- humble (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- lowly (adjective)
- mild (adjective)
- modest (adjective)
- obedient (adjective)
- quiet (adjective)
- unexcitable (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- diffident (adjective)
- docile (adjective)
- fainthearted (adjective)
- gentle (adjective)
- patient (adjective)
- retiring (adjective)
- self-effacing (adjective)
- submissive (adjective)
- tame (adjective)
- tractable (adjective)
- unassuming (adjective)
- unobtrusive (adjective)
- unwashed (adjective)
- humble (noun)
Synonyms for Meek:
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adj.
• compliant- adherent ,
- compliant ,
- concurrent ,
- conforming ,
- obedient ,
- respectful ,
- servile ,
- submissive ,
- supporting ,
- willing ,
- yielding .
- abashed ,
- apologetic ,
- contrite ,
- homely ,
- humble ,
- plain ,
- plebeian ,
- self-effacing ,
- selfless ,
- sheepish ,
- unassuming ,
- unpretentious .
- amiable ,
- benevolent ,
- benign ,
- broad-minded ,
- charitable ,
- clement ,
- cordial ,
- even ,
- forbearing ,
- genial ,
- insipid ,
- kind ,
- lax ,
- lenient ,
- liberal ,
- libertarian ,
- mild-mannered ,
- moderate ,
- open-minded ,
- peaceable ,
- peaceful ,
- permissive ,
- soft ,
- sweet ,
- tender ,
- tolerant ,
- Forbearant ,
- Obeisant .
- aloof ,
- apathetic ,
- calm ,
- cold-blooded ,
- composed ,
- controlled ,
- cool ,
- deadpan ,
- detached ,
- dispassionate ,
- easygoing ,
- even-tempered ,
- frigid ,
- impassive ,
- imperturbable ,
- inscrutable ,
- level-headed ,
- neutral ,
- nonchalant ,
- numb ,
- passionless ,
- placid ,
- poker-faced ,
- self-composed ,
- self-controlled ,
- serene ,
- staid ,
- steady ,
- stoic ,
- stolid ,
- tranquil ,
- unexcitable ,
- unflappable ,
- unhurried .
- meek .
- Unpoised ,
- de mure ,
- de-mure ,
- dis trustful ,
- dis-trustful ,
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- more blenching ,
- more flinching ,
- more rabbity ,
- more unassertive ,
- more unassured ,
- more unpoised ,
- most blenching ,
- most flinching ,
- most rabbity ,
- most unassertive ,
- most unassured ,
- most unpoised ,
- re served ,
- re-served ,
- self conscious ,
- selfconscious ,
- un assertive ,
- un assured ,
- un poised ,
- un sure ,
- un-assertive ,
- un-assured ,
- un-poised ,
- un-sure ,
- with drawn ,
- with-drawn .
- laidback ,
- more docious ,
- more weak kneed ,
- more weak-kneed ,
- more weakkneed ,
- most docious ,
- most weak kneed ,
- most weak-kneed ,
- most weakkneed ,
- re signed ,
- re-signed ,
- teachable ,
- weak kneed ,
- weakkneed ,
- well behaved ,
- wellbehaved .
- co wed ,
- co-wed ,
- having cold feet ,
- lily livered ,
- lilylivered ,
- more cowed ,
- more cowering ,
- most cowed ,
- most cowering ,
- wimpier ,
- wimpiest .
- dove like ,
- more disciplined ,
- more dove like ,
- more dove-like ,
- more dovelike ,
- more sweet tempered ,
- more sweet-tempered ,
- more sweettempered ,
- most disciplined ,
- most dove like ,
- most dove-like ,
- most dovelike ,
- most sweet tempered ,
- most sweet-tempered ,
- most sweettempered ,
- softhearted ,
- sweet tempered ,
- sweettempered .
- even tempered ,
- eventempered ,
- long suffering ,
- longsuffering ,
- mild tempered ,
- mildtempered ,
- more easy going ,
- more easy-going ,
- more mild tempered ,
- more mild-tempered ,
- more mildtempered ,
- more uncomplaining ,
- most easy going ,
- most easy-going ,
- most mild tempered ,
- most mild-tempered ,
- most mildtempered ,
- most uncomplaining ,
- selfpossessed ,
- un complaining ,
- un ruffled ,
- un tiring ,
- un-complaining ,
- un-ruffled ,
- un-tiring ,
- under standing ,
- under-standing .
- more nongregarious ,
- more reclusive ,
- more unaffable ,
- more unexpansive ,
- most nongregarious ,
- most unaffable ,
- most unexpansive ,
- non gregarious ,
- re strained ,
- re tiring ,
- re-strained ,
- re-tiring ,
- recessive ,
- un affable ,
- un expansive ,
- un-affable ,
- un-expansive ,
- un-sociable .
- givingin ,
- more comformable ,
- more complying ,
- more giving in ,
- more giving-in ,
- more givingin ,
- more nonresistant ,
- more nonresisting ,
- more obeying ,
- more unresisting ,
- most comformable ,
- most complying ,
- most giving in ,
- most giving-in ,
- most givingin ,
- most nonresistant ,
- most nonresisting ,
- most obeying ,
- most unresisting ,
- non resistant ,
- non resisting ,
- non-resisting ,
- sub missive ,
- sub-missive ,
- un resisting ,
- un-resisting ,
- yesser ,
- yessest .
- gentle as a lamb ,
- gentle as lamb ,
- more acclimatized ,
- more bridled ,
- more busted ,
- more harnessed ,
- more housebroken ,
- more yoked ,
- most acclimatized ,
- most bridled ,
- most busted ,
- most harnessed ,
- most housebroken ,
- most yoked ,
- over come ,
- un afraid ,
- un-afraid .
- more unambitious ,
- most unambitious ,
- un ambitious ,
- un assuming ,
- un ostentatious ,
- un-ambitious ,
- un-assuming ,
- un-ostentatious .
- in conspicuous ,
- in-conspicuous ,
- lowkey ,
- lowprofile ,
- more low profile ,
- more low-profile ,
- more lowprofile ,
- more soft pedaled ,
- more soft-pedaled ,
- more softpedaled ,
- most low profile ,
- most low-profile ,
- most lowprofile ,
- most soft pedaled ,
- most soft-pedaled ,
- most softpedaled ,
- un noticeable ,
- un obtrusive ,
- un-noticeable ,
- un-obtrusive ,
- unnoticeable .
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n.
• humble Other synonyms:
- henpecked .
- wild .
Other relevant words:
- tame .
- Adapting ,
- Adjusting ,
- Chicken-hearted ,
- Dovelike ,
- Humbler ,
- Ovine ,
- Sober-minded ,
- Unaspiring ,
- Unboastful ,
- Unpresumptuous ,
- Warm-hearted ,
- abject ,
- accommodating ,
- adaptive ,
- adjuratory ,
- affable ,
- agreeable ,
- amenable ,
- amenity ,
- amiability ,
- apprehensive ,
- armed with patience ,
- awkward ,
- balmy ,
- beseeching ,
- biddable ,
- big ,
- bland ,
- bovine ,
- broken ,
- caring ,
- chastened ,
- chicken ,
- clemency ,
- compassionate ,
- complaisant ,
- compliance ,
- conciliatory ,
- confused ,
- content ,
- cowardly ,
- craven ,
- deferent ,
- deferential ,
- discombobulated ,
- distant ,
- docile ,
- domesticated ,
- down-to-earth ,
- dutiful ,
- embarrassed ,
- equable ,
- eremitic ,
- faint-hearted ,
- feckless ,
- feeble ,
- flexible ,
- forgiving ,
- generous ,
- geniality ,
- gent ,
- gentleness ,
- gently ,
- good ,
- good-natured ,
- governable ,
- gradually ,
- housebroken ,
- humbleness ,
- humility ,
- ill at ease ,
- impotent ,
- in a tizzy ,
- incompetent ,
- indulgent ,
- ineffective ,
- ineffectual ,
- inept ,
- inoffensive ,
- insipidness ,
- introverted ,
- irresolute ,
- kindly ,
- kindness ,
- lamblike ,
- lenience ,
- leniency ,
- lenity ,
- lightly ,
- lily-livered ,
- limpness ,
- long-suffering ,
- longanimous ,
- low ,
- lowly ,
- malleable ,
- manipulable ,
- mean ,
- meekness ,
- mellow ,
- mellowness ,
- merciful ,
- mildly ,
- mildness ,
- milquetoast ,
- minor ,
- modesty ,
- mousy ,
- namby-pamby ,
- nervous ,
- nice ,
- non-militant ,
- non-violent ,
- nonbelligerent ,
- nothing ,
- obedience ,
- obsequious ,
- orderly ,
- overmodest ,
- pabulum ,
- pacific ,
- pampering ,
- pliable ,
- pliant ,
- pocket-size ,
- pocket-sized ,
- pusillanimous ,
- receptive ,
- reclusive ,
- reconciled ,
- reluctant ,
- removed ,
- repressed ,
- restrained ,
- reticent ,
- retiring ,
- self-conscious ,
- self-doubting ,
- sensitive ,
- shamefaced ,
- sheeplike ,
- shrinking ,
- silken ,
- slavish ,
- slowly ,
- small ,
- small-scale ,
- softly ,
- softness ,
- spineless ,
- spiritless ,
- standoffish ,
- suave ,
- suavity ,
- subdued ,
- submission ,
- subservient ,
- suppliant ,
- suppressed ,
- tamed ,
- temperate ,
- tenderly ,
- tenderness ,
- thinly ,
- timorous ,
- tractable ,
- unaggressive ,
- unambitious ,
- uncomfortable ,
- uncomplaining ,
- unconfident ,
- under control ,
- under thumb ,
- uneasy ,
- unimposing ,
- unoffended ,
- unostentatious ,
- unpresuming ,
- unpretending ,
- unresisting ,
- unsociable ,
- unsocial ,
- unwarlike ,
- unwashed ,
- warm ,
- weak ,
- weak-kneed ,
- white-livered ,
- wimpish ,
- wishy-washy ,
- withdrawing ,
- withdrawn ,
- wormlike ,
- wormy ,
- yellow ,
- zero .
- Nonresisting ,
- Unaffable ,
- bowing down ,
- comformable ,
- diffident ,
- disciplined ,
- docious ,
- dove-like ,
- easily influenced ,
- easy going ,
- easy-going ,
- fainthearted ,
- gentle ,
- giving-in ,
- hanging loose ,
- laid back ,
- low key ,
- low-profile ,
- mild ,
- mild-tempered ,
- modest ,
- non-gregarious ,
- non-resistant ,
- nongregarious ,
- nonresistant ,
- not forward ,
- philosophic ,
- putty in hands ,
- quiet ,
- rabbity ,
- rolling with punches ,
- stoical ,
- sweet-tempered ,
- unassertive ,
- unassured ,
- unexpansive ,
- unobtrusive ,
- wimpy .
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How to use "Meek" in context?
"meek" is an adjective that describes someone who is mild, passive, and shy. "Meek" is often used to describe people who feel powerless or who have difficulty asserting themselves. "Meek" is not a bad thing, but it can sometimes be difficult to live up to the descriptor.
Homophones for Meek:
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