Synonyms for arrogant
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Self-important
self-important, haughty, presumptuous, insolent, supercilious, egotistical, conceited, disdainful, cocky, pompous, proud, stuck-up, condescending, overbearing, imperious, high-handed, prideful UK US CA, boastful, overweening, overconfident, hubristic, pretentious
Other
huffy informal, aristocratic, stout, biggity US
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
He was too arrogant to admit his mistake.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- cocksure overconfident proud
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One who is magisterial assumes the air of a master toward his pupils; one who is dogmatical lays down his positions in a tone of authority or dictation; one who is arrogant in sults others by an undue assumption of superiority.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- presumptuous Aren't you being a little presumptuous?
- insolent Her insolent remarks to her boss cost her her job.
- haughty That haughty girl thinks she's better than everyone.
- stout He looked small beside my father's stout body.
- aristocratic His dress somehow gives an aristocratic impression.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| arrogant | rising | |
| presumptuous | steady | |
| insolent | steady | |
| haughty | rising | |
| stout | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- proud1, stout1, cocky2, huffy2
- 7 letters
- pompous2, haughty2, biggity
- 8 letters
- insolent3, prideful, boastful2
- 9 letters
- conceited3, imperious4, hubristic
- 10 letters
- disdainful3
- 11 letters
- pretentious3, overbearing4, egotistical5, overweening
- 12 letters
- aristocratic5, presumptuous4, supercilious5
- 13 letters
- condescending4, overconfident5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cocky2 = 2 syllables).