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uppity - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: uppity
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: arrogant
Synonyms: audacious, bossy, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, conceited, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty*, know-it-all*, overbearing, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, self-important, smug, snobbish, snooty*, snotty*, superior, vain, bragging, high falutin, puffed up, stuck up
Main Entry: aloof
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: remote
Synonyms: above, apart, casual, chilly, cold, cold fish*, cool, detached, distant, forbidding, hard-boiled*, haughty, indifferent, lone wolf*, loner*, reserved, secluded, solitary, standoffish*, supercilious, thick-skinned*, unapproachable, unconcerned, unfriendly, uninterested, unresponsive, unsociable, unsympathetic, uppity*, withdrawn, hard-hearted, incurious, laid back, offish, on ice, putting on airs, stuck up
Antonyms: concerned, friendly, sociable
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
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
Main Entry: contemptuous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: arrogant, insolent
Synonyms: audacious, bold, cavalier, cheeky, condescending, cool, derisive, disdainful, disrespectful, hard, hard-nosed, haughty, high and mighty*, insulting, opprobrious, sardonic, scornful, sneering, snippy, snobbish, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, temperamental, uppity, upstage, cold-shoulder, contumelious, derisory, dog it, high hat, on high horse
Notes: contemptible means deserving contempt, while contemptuous means bestowing contempt; the first sense of contemptuous was 'despising law and order'
Antonyms: humble, polite, respected, shy
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
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
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
Main Entry: highfalutin
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pompous
Synonyms: arrogant, boastful, conceited, flaunting, grandiose, high and mighty*, important, lofty, ostentatious, overbearing, presumptuous, pretentious, puffy, self-centered, stuck-up*, swanky, uppity*, vain, puffed up
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
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
Main Entry: snobbish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: stuck-up, conceited
Synonyms: aloof, arrogant, condescending, egotistic, haughty, high-flown*, ostentatious, overbearing, patronizing, persnickety*, pompous, pretentious, remote, snippy*, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, swanky, uppity*, high-and-mighty*, high-hat*, putting on airs, sniffy, tony, uppish
Antonyms: benevolent, friendly, generous, sociable, accepting, welcoming
Main Entry: snooty
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: haughty
Synonyms: arrogant, cavalier*, conceited, condescending, egotistic, high and mighty*, hoity-toity, lofty, pompous, pretentious, snobbish, snotty*, stuck-up*, superior, uppity*, egotistical, la-di-da, on a high horse
Main Entry: snotty
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: arrogant
Synonyms: cheeky, cocky, conceited, fresh, haughty, high and mighty*, highfalutin', impertinent, know-it-all*, la-de-da*, pompous, pretentious, puffed up, sassy, self-important, smart-alecky, smug, snippy*, snobby, snooty, stuck-up*, uppity
Main Entry: stuck-up
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: snobbish
Synonyms: arrogant, big-headed, cocky, conceited, condescending, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty*, hoity-toity, nose in the air, ostentatious, patronizing, pompous, pretentious, puffed up, snippy*, snooty*, snotty*, too big for one's britches, uppity*, vain
Main Entry: supercilious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: arrogant, stuck-up
Synonyms: bossy, cavalier, cocky*, condescending, contemptuous, disdainful, egotistic, haughty, imperious, insolent, lofty, nervy*, overbearing, patronizing, proud, scornful, superior, uppity*, vainglorious, high-and-mighty*, putting on airs, snobby
Antonyms: humble, modest
Main Entry: unsociable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unfriendly
Synonyms: aloof, antagonistic, cold, cool, distant, hostile, inaccessible, inhospitable, introverted, laid-back*, recessive, reclusive, reserved, retiring, secretive, sensitive, shy, standoffish*, stuck-up*, timid, unapproachable, unbending, uncommunicative, uncongenial, uppity*, withdrawn, brooding, easy-going, nongregarious, unforthcoming, unneighborly, unsocial
Antonyms: approachable, friendly, nice, sociable, social
Main Entry: confident
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: certain, assured
Synonyms: bold, brave, cocksure, convinced, courageous, dauntless, depending on, expectant, expecting, fearless, high*, hopeful, intrepid, positive, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-assured, self-reliant, self-sufficient, sure, trusting, unafraid, undaunted, upbeat, uppity*, valiant, bet on, counting on, having faith in, puffed up, racked
Antonyms: uncertain, unsure
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