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Synonyms for vainglorious

  • adjective

Most common

pretentious conceited boastful overweening

All synonyms

Adjective

vain, boastful, conceited, pretentious, overweening, ostentatious, proud, glorious, big, consequential, pompous, arrogant

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.

Example sentences

  • pretentious I now have the ability to be a pretentious prick.
  • conceited Mary told Tom that she thought John was conceited.
  • boastful I'm tired of hearing your boastful tales.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
vaingloriousrising
pretentioussteady
conceitedrising
boastfulrising
overweeningsteady

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

By length

3 letters
big1
4 letters
vain1
5 letters
proud1
7 letters
pompous2
8 letters
glorious3, arrogant3, boastful2
9 letters
conceited3
11 letters
pretentious3, overweening
12 letters
ostentatious4
13 letters
consequential4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pompous2 = 2 syllables).