| Main Entry: | lordly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domineering |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, august, bossy, cavalier, condescending, despotic, dictatorial, dignified, gracious, grand, grandiose, haughty, honorable, imperious, lofty, magisterial, magnificent, majestic, masterful, noble, overbearing, proud, regal, snobbish, stately, superior, uppish, uppity |
| Main Entry: | arrogant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having exaggerated self-opinion |
Synonyms: |
aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, biggety, bossy, bragging, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, cold-shoulder, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all, lordly, on an ego trip, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, puffed up, scornful, self-important, smarty, smug, sniffy, snippy, snooty, snotty, stuck up, supercilious, superior, swaggering, uppity, vain, wise guy |
Antonyms: |
humble, meek, servile, unconceited |
| Main Entry: | august |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dignified, noble |
Synonyms: |
baronial, brilliant, eminent, exalted, glorious, grand, grandiose, high-minded, high-ranking, highfalutin', honorable, imposing, impressive, lofty, lordly, magnificent, majestic, monumental, pompous, regal, resplendent, stately, superb, venerable |
Antonyms: |
undignified |
| Main Entry: | cavalier |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant |
Synonyms: |
condescending, curt, disdainful, haughty, high-and-mighty, insolent, lofty, lordly, offhand, overbearing, proud, scornful, snooty, snotty, supercilious, superior |
Antonyms: |
humble, reticent, shy |
| Main Entry: | cocky/cocksure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-assured, full of oneself |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, brash, bumptious, certain, conceited, confident, egotistical, hotdogging, hotshot, hubristic, know-it-all, lordly, nervy, overconfident, overweening, positive, presumptuous, self-confident, smart aleck, smart guy, smarty, smarty pants, sure, swaggering, swollen-headed, vain, wise guy |
Antonyms: |
humble, modest, uncertain, unself-confident, unsure |
| Main Entry: | disdainful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scornful |
Synonyms: |
aloof, antipathetic, arrogant, averse, cavalier, contemning, contemptuous, cool, derisive, despising, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty, hoity-toity, indifferent, insolent, lordly, overbearing, proud, rejecting, repudiating, scouting, sneering, snooty, supercilious, superior, toplofty, unsympathetic, uppity |
Antonyms: |
esteemable, favoring, loving, praising, respectful |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | high and mighty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | haughty, overbearing |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, cavalier, cocky*, conceited, contemptuous, disdainful, egotistic, egotistical, high-handed, highfalutin, hoity-toity, imperious, lofty, lordly, on high horse, presumptuous, sniffy, snobbish, snooty, snotty, stuck-up, stuffy, superior, uppity |
| Main Entry: | cocky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-assured |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, brash, bumptious, certain, cocksure, conceited, confident, egotistical, hotdogger, hotshot, hubristic, know-it-all, lordly, nervy, overconfident, overweening, positive, presumptuous, self-confident, smart aleck, smart guy, smarty, smarty pants, sure, swaggering, swollen-headed, vain, wise guy |
Antonyms: |
humble, modest, shy, tentative, timid, uncertain, unsure |
| Main Entry: | imperial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regal |
Synonyms: |
domineering, kingly, lordly, magisterial, majestic, royal, sovereign, stately |
| Notes: | imperial pertains to the qualities of power and royalty; imperious implies that someone is overbearing or domineering |