Synonyms for conceited
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Egotistical
egotistical, egotistic, arrogant, vain, proud, self-important, cocky, pompous, haughty, vainglorious, overweening, smug, overconfident, self-conceited, bombastic, puffed up, swollen, swollen-headed, bumptious UK, coxcombical, boastful, presumptuous
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
Related words
- Word family
- conceitedness
Example sentences
- proud He is proud that his father was a great scientist.
- arrogant I don't need the validation of an arrogant person.
- egotistical Santiago is too arrogant and egotistical to apologize.
- egotistic Success makes a man egotistic.
- opinionated Men are naturally repulsed by opinionated women.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| conceited | rising | |
| proud | rising | |
| arrogant | rising | |
| egotistical | rising | |
| egotistic | steady | |
| opinionated | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- vain1, smug1
- 5 letters
- proud1, cocky2
- 6 letters
- hankty
- 7 letters
- swollen2, pompous2, haughty2
- 8 letters
- arrogant3, boastful2
- 9 letters
- bombastic3, egotistic, bumptious
- 11 letters
- opinionated5, egotistical5, overweening, coxcombical
- 12 letters
- presumptuous4, vainglorious
- 13 letters
- overconfident5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cocky2 = 2 syllables).