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Synonyms for pompousness

  • noun

Most common

self-importance inflation ostentation pomposity

All synonyms

Noun

ostentation, pomposity, self-importance, inflation, pretension, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, ostentatiousness

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The quality of being pompous.

Forms

Plural
pompousnesses → ostentations, pomposities, inflations, pretensions…

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Pompousness, Pomposity or Pomp?

Pomposity and pompousness are the affectation of pomp.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • inflation Japan's inflation-adjusted GNP growth rate was 5%.
  • ostentation Tom did it all with characteristic ostentation.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pompousnessfalling
inflationfalling
ostentationsteady
pompositysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

9 letters
inflation3, pomposity4, puffiness
10 letters
pretension3
11 letters
ostentation4, splashiness
15 letters
pretentiousness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inflation3 = 3 syllables).