Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Pompous

Humble

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."