Synonyms Test 125

6. humble, modest, unpretentious, plain; common, commonplace, ordinary, humdrum; simple, poor, plebian, low-ranking, inferior; homely, homespun, unrefined, vulgar, ill-bred, lowbred, uncouth; shabby, scruffy, Inf. slumy, slum-like, scrubby; low, ignoble, inglorious, base; ignominious, sordid, squalid.
7. mean, petty, stingy, parsimonious; niggardly, cheap, selfish, grudging, penny-pinching, stinting, begrudging, uncharitable, illiberal, unaltruistic; tight, miserly, carking, skin-flinty; penurious, tight-fisted, close, close-fisted, Scrooge-like, Inf. yankee.
8. limited, insular, parochial, provincial, uncatholic, Sociol. ethnocentric, limited in one's horizons or scope; biased, prejudiced, bigoted; one-sided, opinionated, close-minded; ultra-conservative, rigid, creed-bound; prim, puritanical, Inf. stuffy.
9. weak, diluted, dilute; watery, thinned, reduced, insipid, wishy-washy; (all of sound or the voice) gentle, soft, low, light, faint, whispering; quiet, delicate, hushed, indistinct; murmuring, subdued, muted, muffled, stifled, barely audible.
10. feel small be mortified, be chagrined, be humiliated; be discomforted, Inf. be put down, be disconcerted, be discomposed; be brought down, be degraded; be redfaced, be sheepish, be ashamed, be shamefaced, be hangdog; feel like a failure, feel like two cents, Inf. feel like a goose.
-n. 11. common people, the meek, the meek and the small; the masses, hoi polloi, the vulgus; proletariat, plebians, the multitude, the many; the rank and file, Contemptuous, ragtag and bobtail, the vulgar herd, the poor, the great unwashed, the underprivileged, smart, v. 1. sting, prick, prickle, bite, nip, pinch, pierce, stab; gripe, burn, chafe, itch, rasp, grate, gall; hurt, pain, ache, throb, tingle.
2. injure, offend, aggrieve, grieve, sorrow, cut to the quick, cut to the heart, wound the feelings; disturb, distress, annoy, irritate, nettle, aggravate, rub the wrong way, vex; rile, rankle, roil, irk.
3. regret, feel shame or remorse, be stung with remorse, feel chagrin; lament, deplore, rue.
-adj. 4. sharp, keen, stinging, poignant, sore, painful; hard, resounding, severe, rough, harsh, stiff; vigorous, swift, brisk, fast, sudden.
5. cutting, trenchant, scathing, derisive, derisory, insulting; curt, rude, crusty, abrupt, brusque, gruff; tart, bitter, acrid, acrimonious, rancorous; lashing, malicious, malevolent, venomous, envenomed, spiteful, maleficent.
6. energetic, lively, alive, full of life, vivid, spirited, animated; eager, alert, active, spry, quick, agile, jaunty, perky; breezy, buoyant, airy; jocund, sportive, hearty, merry, cheery; earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, ardent, heated, zealous.
7. apt, adroit, ingenious, deft; alert, wide-awake, bright, brilliant, acute, sharp-witted, sharp as a tack; intelligent, quick-witted, ready; sagacious, sage, wise, sapient, sapiential; rational, logical, reasonable, com-mon-sensical, having a good head on one's shoulders; judicious, prudent, sensible; able, capable, competent.
8. perspicacious, discerning, long-headed, penetrating, perceptive, percipient, insightful; gifted, talented, well-endowed, intellectual, brainy; educated, learned, well-schooled, instructed; erudite, knowledgeable, versed, well-read, aware, Sl. hip, knowing, Fr. au fair; ace, topflight, top-drawer, first-rate, Inf. topnotch.
9. astute, shrewd, Sl. savvy, hard-headed, subtle; cunning, foxy, artful, politic, wily, crafty, sly, calculating.

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