EGOLESS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

egoless

adjective

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Recent Examples of egoless That team featured players who cut, moved, shot, and hit the open man with an egoless ease. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 Dosunmu always has taken an egoless approach to his role with the Bulls. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026 With searing honesty, Keaton describes the rituals and emotions elicited by her eating disorder with egoless bravery. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025 On to neo-soul, a genre that could only be seen as a vessel for humble, egoless artistry to someone who has engaged with the genre primarily through interracial couple TikTok accounts and Instagram slideshows. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Mar. 2026 Among them, not least, is the modest, egoless ideal of democratic tradition captured so perfectly in such American monuments as the Lincoln Memorial, which shows not a hero but a man, seated, in grave contemplation. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025 The Knicks then defined teamwork during their postseason surge past the Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers and Spurs, coming together as a cohesive, egoless juggernaut. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026

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Adjective

Teoscar Hernández was back from a hamstring injury, and a little bit humble.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
America's favorite investment has changed over time In 2008, as the Great Recession descended, Americans picked the humble savings account (and the certificate of deposit) as their favorite long-term investment in Gallup polls.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Definition of humble

Adjective

The upshot of Yale’s report, which is by far the most self-critical of the three, is that administrators bear much of the responsibility for higher education’s current predicament.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
This is not about being hyper self-critical, by the way.

— Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of self-critical

Adjective

As the trailer tells us, the pleasantly diffident Mona (Moore) is thrown way out of orbit following an audition for a musical show.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 June 2026
To strangers, Kay seemed demure, diffident, even shy, an impression her youthful appearance helped create.

— Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of diffident

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Contrasting her with the meek, mysterious, and passive Anthy, the series examines the constrictions both men and women face via traditional gender roles, with an eye towards gender fluidity that remains radical today.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 12 June 2026
The series centers on Cha Myung-jo, a meek worker at a company producing imitation character stickers who, despite nominally heading his household, lives in the shadow of his far more capable wife.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 June 2026

Definition of meek

Adjective

This film, so seemingly unassertive, apparently rambling and plotless, has a devastating impact and aftershock.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Avoiding is unassertive and uncooperative, where an individual tends to give up on their own needs and acquiesce to the desires of others by disengaging from the situation altogether.

— Ellen Choi, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025

Definition of unassertive

Adjective

But where the Baron is timid and bumbling, Krasznahorkai is expansive, charming, and courtly.

— Merve Emre, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Playing Mary Bennet — Elizabeth’s younger and more timid sister — Bruccoleri set out to portray the coming of age story of a Regency woman.

— Arushi Jacob, Variety, 25 June 2026

Definition of timid

Adjective

In a high-debt environment, even a modest increase in interest rates can add a significant fiscal burden.

— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 July 2026
This sentiment stems from accelerating inflation, a cooling labor market, modest productivity gains, and AI's unfulfilled promise of broad wage increases.

— William Arruda, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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