| 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: | conceited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | egotistical |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, big talking, bigheaded, cocky, conceity, full of hot air, gall, ham, hot stuff, immodest, know-it-all, loudmouth, narcissistic, overweening, phony, puffed up, self-important, smart-alecky, snotty, stuck up, swollen-headed, vain, vainglorious, windbag |
Antonyms: |
diffident, humble, meek, modest, self-conscious, shy, timid, unself-confident |
| Main Entry: | forward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brash, impertinent |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, assuming, audacious, bantam, bare-faced, bold, brazen, cheeky*, coming on strong, confident, familiar, fresh, impudent, nervy, overassertive, overweening, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushing, pushy*, rude, sassy*, saucy*, self-assertive, smart, smart-alecky, uppity, wise |
Antonyms: |
meek, reserved, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | haughty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant |
Synonyms: |
assuming, cavalier*, conceited, contemptuous, detached, disdainful, distant, egotistic, egotistical, high, high and mighty, hoity-toity, imperious, indifferent, lofty, on high horse, overbearing, overweening, proud, reserved, scornful, sniffy, snobbish, snooty, snotty, stuck-up, supercilious, superior, uppity |
Antonyms: |
humble, meek, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | imperious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bossy, overbearing |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, commanding, compulsatory, compulsory, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, exacting, haughty, high-handed, imperative, imperial, mandatory, obligatory, oppressive, overweening, peremptory, required, tyrannical, tyrannous |
| Notes: | imperial pertains to the qualities of power and royalty; imperious implies that someone is overbearing or domineering |
Antonyms: |
fawning, helpless, humble, obedient, servile, subservient, weak |
| Main Entry: | overbearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, domineering |
Synonyms: |
ascendant, autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cocky*, despotic, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, insolent, magisterial, officious, oppressive, overweening, paramount, peremptory, predominant, preponderant, prevalent, proud, regnant, sniffy, snotty, sovereign, stuffy, supercilious, superior, tyrannical, uppity |
Antonyms: |
kind, modest, nice, unassertive |
| Main Entry: | overconfident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overly sure of oneself |
Synonyms: |
brash, careless, cocksure, cocky*, foolhardy, heading for a fall, heedless, hubristic, impudent, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, pushy*, rash, reckless, self-assertive |
Antonyms: |
cautious, pessimistic |
| Main Entry: | presumptuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-confident |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, audacious, bold, cheeky*, conceited, confident, contumelious, egotistic, foolhardy, forward, fresh, insolent, overconfident, overfamiliar, overweening, pompous, presuming, pretentious, pushy, rash, rude, self-assertive, self-assured, self-satisfied, smug, supercilious, uppity |
Antonyms: |
humble, modest |
| Main Entry: | vain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | egotistical |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, big-headed, boastful, cocky*, conceited, egocentric, egoistic, haughty, high-and-mighty, inflated, narcissistic, ostentatious, overweening, pleased with oneself, proud, puffed up, self-important, stuck-up, swaggering, swollen-headed, vainglorious |
Antonyms: |
modest, shy |
| 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 |