| 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 |
| 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: | self-important |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conceited |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, bigheaded, cocky, egotistical, full of hot air, immodest, know-it-all, overbearing, pompous, puffed up, smug, stuck up, swollen-headed, vain, vainglorious |
| 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 |