Synonyms for conceit
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Egotism
egotism, arrogance, self-importance, vanity, pride, self-love, egoism, self-conceit, amour propre, self-esteem, self-sufficiency, presumption
2. Notion — opinion, (neutral) judgment
notion, idea, fancy, imagination, assumption, quirk, witticism, whim, thought, quip, freak, conception, dream, impression, judgment US, judgement UK, image, caprice, opinion, estimation, estimate, vagary, capriccio
Definitions
- n. 1
Opinion, (neutral) judgment.
- n. 2
The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
Related words
- Word family
- conceited conceitedness
Forms
- Plural
- conceits → egotisms, arrogances, vanities, prides…
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Conceit is a briefer expression for self-conceit, with always an offensive implication; self-conceit is ridiculous or pitiable; conceit arouses resentment.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- vanity Vanity of vanities, and everything is vanity.
- arrogance Tom's boss's behaviour smacked of crass arrogance.
- egotism Conceit, arrogance and egotism are the essentials of patriotism.
- imagination Don't underestimate the power of your imagination.
- notion He had a notion that she was very angry with him.
By length
- 4 letters
- idea3, whim1, quip1
- 5 letters
- dream1, image2, pride1, fancy2, freak1, quirk1
- 6 letters
- notion2, vanity3, egoism4, vagary3
- 7 letters
- thought1, opinion3, caprice2, egotism4
- 8 letters
- judgment2, estimate3, concetto
- 9 letters
- inflation3, judgement2, arrogance3, witticism, capriccio
- 10 letters
- impression3, assumption3, conception3, estimation4
- 11 letters
- imagination5, presumption3, affectation4
- 13 letters
- conceitedness, bumptiousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idea3 = 3 syllables).