Synonyms for pompous
- adjective
Most common
self-important arrogant pretentious bombastic pious ceremonious
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Self-important
self-important, pretentious, bombastic, arrogant, boastful, egotistical, ostentatious, highfalutin informal, conceited, supercilious, haughty, turgid, smug, presumptuous, grandiose, disdainful, hubristic, overbearing, inflated, uppity, hoity-toity informal, imperious
2. Pious
Definitions
- adj. 1
Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
Example sentences
- arrogant I don't need the validation of an arrogant person.
- pretentious I now have the ability to be a pretentious prick.
- bombastic I don't usually like bombastic music.
- pious Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pompous | rising | |
| arrogant | rising | |
| pretentious | steady | |
| bombastic | rising | |
| pious | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- smug1
- 5 letters
- stiff1, pious2
- 6 letters
- formal2, solemn2, uppity3, turgid2
- 7 letters
- haughty2
- 8 letters
- arrogant3, inflated3, boastful2
- 9 letters
- grandiose3, conceited3, imperious4, bombastic3, hubristic
- 10 letters
- ceremonial5, disdainful3
- 11 letters
- pretentious3, overbearing4, egotistical5, ceremonious, highfalutin4
- 12 letters
- presumptuous4, ostentatious4, supercilious5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pious2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- pompeux
- Italiano
- pomposo
- Español
- pomposo
- Deutsch
- bombastisch
- Català
- pompós