Humble and Ordinary

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Humble adjective - Not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness.

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Ordinary is a synonym for humble in common topic. In some cases you can use "Ordinary" instead an adjective "Humble", when it comes to topics like unpretentious, poor, lowly, meek.

Nearby Words: humbled, humbling, humbly

Ordinary adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

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Humble is a synonym for ordinary in average topic. You can use "Humble" instead an adjective "Ordinary", if it concerns topics such as commonplace.

Once upon a time, I was an ordinary chimpanzee named Jojo, the humble lab assistant of Professor Utonium.

Source: Self Demonstrating / Mojo Jojo
Hong Kong Phooey, a karate-chopping "number one super guy", with an equally humble secret identity, ordinary janitor Penrod Pooch.

Source: Heroic Dog
Farmy McFarmboy is just an ordinary, humble young farmboy/hunter/etc.

Source: Farm Boy

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