Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Pompous
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The most appropriate antonym of the word pompous is humble.
- Pompous means "arrogant or self-important."
- Humble means "having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance."
The other words do not have the opposite meaning of pompous.
- Showy means "ostentatious or elaborately decorated."
- Flaunting means "displaying or parading (something) ostentatiously."
- Boastful means "exaggerating one's own achievements or importance."