Modest and Tinsel

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Modest adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Tinsel is an antonym for modest.

Tinsel noun - Something attractive but lacking in substance.

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Modest is an antonym for tinsel in topics: flashy, flamboyant, bright and vulgar.

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Tinsel and Modest. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/modest/tinsel

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