Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)humblecause to be unpretentious“This experience will humble him” Adjectives
(s)humble, low, lowly, modest, smalllow or inferior in station or quality“a humble cottage”,
“a lowly parish priest”,
“a modest man of the people”,
“small beginnings” (a)humblemarked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful“a humble apology”,
“essentially humble … and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions” (B.K.Malinowski) (s)base, baseborn, humble, lowlyof low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)“baseborn wretches with dirty faces”,
“of humble (or lowly) birth”