as in arrogant
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
a cavalier and pompous boss, indifferent to the feelings of her subordinates
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as in gentleman
an honorable and courteous man
a novel about the dashing cavaliers and gracious ladies of the South before the Civil War
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Recent Examples of cavalier
Mark Lamster
architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
Get stuck with a cavalier team of baggage handlers, and it can even get soaked in your favorite fragrance or antiaging serum.
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Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
8 Mar. 2026
Students are cavalier about turning AI writing in to me.
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Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
17 Feb. 2026
Stop this cavalier approach to our safety now.
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Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
This cavalier attitude toward urban planning has been conjoined to a disingenuousness in the discussion of City Hall’s fate.
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Mark Lamster
architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
Get stuck with a cavalier team of baggage handlers, and it can even get soaked in your favorite fragrance or antiaging serum.
—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
8 Mar. 2026
Students are cavalier about turning AI writing in to me.
—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
17 Feb. 2026
Stop this cavalier approach to our safety now.
—
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cavalier
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavalier
Adjective
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The passage is incoherent, yet, in conflating progressive reform with arrogant blind faith, it is perfectly suited to Vance’s cynical conservatism.
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To no one’s surprise, Bonnie is immediately transfixed by her Lilypad (voiced by Greta Lee, whose arrogant smarm effectively threads the needle between Maya Hawke’s Anxiety and Regina George’s everything else).
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Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.
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That is some business that the gentlemen are discussing.
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The Food Processor quickly chops, slices, and shreds a wide array of ingredients for unlimited culinary creations, while the Coffee & Spice Grinder efficiently grinds coffee beans, spices, and herbs for superior flavor and potency.
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In both of their victories thus far at the 2026 World Cup, the Americans have been, by far, the superior all-around team.
Adjective
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Among them a City boy wearing three Fit-Bit-type devices, two beautiful Middle Eastern sisters, an outrageously pompous elderly American (sorry; eavesdropping), and several Imelda Marcos lookalikes, tottering out of the treatment rooms with, somehow, their elaborate hairstyles still intact.
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The usually pompous Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9th had to be pared down for fear of Ukrainian drones.
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“Cavalier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavalier. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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