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egotistic - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | egotistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conceited |
| Synonyms: | affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, conceited, egocentric, haughty, idiosyncratic, inborn, inflated, ingrained, inherent, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, opinionated, personal, pompous, proud, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-important, snobbish, stuck-up, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious, bragging, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistical, individualistic, inner-directed, obsessive, prideful, puffed up, self-admiring |
| Antonyms: | altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, unpretentious, selfless |
| Main Entry: | egotistic/egoistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking very highly of oneself |
| Synonyms: | affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, conceited, egocentric, haughty, inflated, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, opinionated, personal, pompous, proud, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-important, snobbish, stuck-up*, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious, bragging, egomaniacal, individualistic, inner-directed, obsessive, prideful, puffed up, self-admiring, stuck on oneself |
| Antonyms: | altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, shy, submissive, timid, unassuming, selfless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrogant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having exaggerated self-opinion |
| Synonyms: | aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty*, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all*, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, scornful, self-important, smug, snippy*, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, uppity*, vain, wise guy*, biggety, bragging, cold-shoulder*, on an ego trip, puffed up, smarty, sniffy, stuck up, swaggering |
| Antonyms: | humble, meek, servile, unconceited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assuming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | presumptuous, arrogant |
| Synonyms: | bold, conceited, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, forward, haughty, imperious, overbearing, pushy, rude |
| Antonyms: | doubting, unassuming |
| Main Entry: | boastful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bragging |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, big, big-headed, bombastic, cocky, conceited, crowing, egotistic, egotistical, exultant, full of hot air, hifalutin*, hot stuff, know-it-all, loudmouth, on ego trip, pompous, pretentious, puffed-up, self-aggrandizing, self-applauding, smart-alecky, snooty, strutting, stuck-up, swaggering, swanky, swollen-headed, too big for one's britches, vainglorious, vaunting, windbag* |
| Antonyms: | deprecating, modest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complacent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contented |
| Synonyms: | conceited, confident, egotistic, happy, obsequious, pleased, satisfied, self-assured, self-possessed, self-righteous, self-satisfied, serene, smug, unconcerned, easy-going, egoistic, gratified, self-contented, self-pleased |
| Notes: | complacent means 'pleased or satisfied with how things are, with how they affect one's self,' 'self-satisfied, smug'; complaisant means 'attempting or eager to please or satisfy,' 'obliging, affable' - complacent thus refers to a state of mind and complaisant to a disposition to behave or conduct oneself in a way that pleases or satisfies others |
| Antonyms: | concerned, discontent, discontented, dissatisfied |
| Main Entry: | condescending |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | snobby, lordly |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, complaisant, disdainful, egotistic, lofty, patronizing, snobbish, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, uppity, la-dee-da, uppish |
| Antonyms: | approachable, friendly, humble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dictatorial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tyrannical, authoritarian |
| Synonyms: | absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, autocratic, bossy, clamorous, despotic, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, egotistic, firm, haughty, imperative, imperious, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, proud, stern, totalitarian, unlimited, unrestricted, crack-the-whip, dictative, iron-handed, throwing weight around |
| Antonyms: | democratic, docile, passive |
| Main Entry: | disdainful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scornful |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antipathetic, arrogant, averse, cavalier, contemptuous, cool, derisive, egotistic, haughty, hoity-toity*, indifferent, insolent, lordly, overbearing, proud, sneering, snooty*, supercilious, superior, unsympathetic, uppity*, contemning, despising, high-and-mighty*, rejecting, repudiating, scouting, toplofty |
| Antonyms: | loving, respectful, esteemable, favoring, praising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | domineering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oppressive, authoritarian |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, autocratic, bossy, coercive, crack the whip, despotic, dictatorial, egotistic, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, in driver's seat, insolent, iron-handed, on high horse, overbearing, peremptory, tyrannical |
| Antonyms: | submissive, surrendering, yielding |
| Main Entry: | egocentric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking very highly of oneself |
| Synonyms: | conceited, egotistic, individualist, narcissistic, pompous, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-indulgent, selfish, stuck-up, vainglorious, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistical, individualistic, megalomaniac, self-concerned, self-interested, self-loving, self-serving, wrapped up in oneself |
| Antonyms: | altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, shy, submissive, timid, unassuming, selfless |
| Main Entry: | grandiose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | theatrical, extravagant |
| Synonyms: | affected, ambitious, august, bombastic, cosmic, egotistic, flamboyant, fustian, grand, high-falutin', high-flown, imposing, impressive, lofty, lordly, magnificent, majestic, monumental, noble, ostentatious, overwhelming, pompous, pretentious, purple*, royal, showy, splashy, stately, unfathomable, vast |
| Antonyms: | calm, moderate, small, unpretentious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haughty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant |
| Synonyms: | assuming, cavalier*, conceited, contemptuous, detached, disdainful, distant, egotistic, high, high and mighty*, hoity-toity*, imperious, indifferent, lofty, overbearing, overweening, proud, reserved, scornful, snobbish, snooty*, snotty*, stuck-up*, supercilious, superior, uppity*, egotistical, on high horse, sniffy |
| Antonyms: | humble, meek, shy, timid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high and mighty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | haughty, overbearing |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, cavalier, cocky*, conceited, contemptuous, disdainful, egotistic, high-handed*, highfalutin*, hoity-toity*, imperious, lofty, lordly, presumptuous, snobbish, snooty*, snotty, stuck-up*, stuffy, superior, uppity*, egotistical, on high horse, sniffy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | narcissistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerned only with oneself |
| Synonyms: | conceited, egotistic, self-centered, stuck-up*, vain, vainglorious, egotistical, self-involved, self-loving |
| Antonyms: | outgoing, unselfish, sacrificing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ostentatious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flashy, showy |
| Synonyms: | boastful, chichi*, classy, conspicuous, crass*, dashing, egotistic, extravagant, flamboyant, flatulent, fussy, garish, gaudy, gay, grandiose, jaunty, loud, obtrusive, pompous, pretentious, spectacular, splashy, sporty, swanky*, theatrical, vain, vulgar, exhibitionistic, flaunted, glittery, highfaluting*, peacocky, splurgy, swank, tinsel*, tony, uptown |
| Antonyms: | modest, plain, quiet, reserved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overbearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, domineering |
| Synonyms: | autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cocky*, despotic, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, egotistic, haughty, high-handed*, imperative, imperial, imperious, insolent, magisterial, officious, oppressive, overweening, paramount, peremptory, predominant, preponderant, prevalent, proud, regnant, snotty*, sovereign, stuffy, supercilious, superior, tyrannical, uppity*, ascendant, high-and-mighty*, sniffy |
| Antonyms: | kind, modest, nice, unassertive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pedantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bookish, precise |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, academic, arid, didactic, doctrinaire, dry, dull, egotistic, erudite, formal, fussy, hairsplitting*, learned, ostentatious, particular, pedagogic, pompous, priggish*, punctilious, scholastic, sententious, stilted, donnish, nit-picking, overnice, schoolish |
| Antonyms: | informal, imprecise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | presumptuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-confident |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, audacious, bold, cheeky*, conceited, confident, egotistic, foolhardy, forward, fresh, insolent, overconfident, overweening, pompous, presuming, pretentious, pushy, rash, rude, self-assertive, self-assured, self-satisfied, smug, supercilious, uppity*, contumelious, overfamiliar |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | self-centered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbed with oneself |
| Synonyms: | egocentric, egotistic, independent, know-it-all*, narcissistic, self-absorbed, self-indulgent, self-sufficient, selfish, egoistic, egomaniacal, egotistical, grandstanding, having a swelled head, inward-looking, on an ego trip, self-interested, self-involved, self-seeking, self-serving, stuck on oneself, wrapped up with oneself |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, giving, unselfish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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