Synonyms of highfalutin

highfalutin

adjective

variants also hifalutin

1

as in rhetoric

full of fine words and fancy expressions

his highfalutin paean to the working class failed to win over a crowd that wanted to hear down-to-earth proposals for economic relief

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rhetoric
• rhetorical
• ornate
• grandiloquent
• purple
• eloquent
• florid
• high-sounding
• high-flown
• flowery
• pretentious
• grandiose
• aureate
• excessive
• inflated
• pompous
• fancy-pants
• boastful
• bombastic
• stilted
• magnific
• bloated
• fulsome
• flattering
• bookish
• lofty
• affected
• learned
• elevated
• inkhorn

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prosaic
• simple
• direct
• plain
• matter-of-fact
• unpoetic
• straightforward
• lean
• spare
• unadorned
• bald
• stark
• natural
• unpretentious
• unaffected
• plainspoken

2

as in arrogant

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude

her highfalutin relatives from New York made the snide remark that her little house "has that lived-in look"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• important
• superior
• presuming
• pretentious
• high-and-mighty
• uppity
• supercilious
• cavalier
• bumptious
• imperious
• haughty
• pompous
• sniffy
• assumptive
• uppish
• masterful
• presumptuous
• chesty
• high-handed
• huffy
• smug
• lofty
• high-hat
• dominant
• authoritarian
• domineering
• overweening
• toplofty
• toploftical
• lordly
• huffish
• peremptory
• proud
• pontifical
• patronizing
• snooty
• self-assertive
• snobbish
• snobby
• condescending
• impudent
• saucy
• magisterial
• dominating
• egotistical
• vain
• self-asserting
• bossy
• vainglorious
• bombastic
• stiff-necked
• pontificating
• boastful
• disdainful
• egoistical
• egocentric
• hubristic
• cocky
• blusterous
• narcissistic
• conceited
• impertinent
• swaggering
• blustery
• egotistic
• egoistic
• braggy
• immodest
• complacent
• prideful
• uninhibited
• stuck-up
• braggart
• bragging
• self-complacent
• extraverted
• self-flattering
• self-satisfied
• self-centered
• brash
• extroverted
• self-conceited
• self-promoting
• self-affected
• unreserved
• orgulous
• self-pleased
• forward
• self-loving
• self-applauding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• humble
• unpretentious
• lowly
• timid
• bashful
• sheepish
• shy
• diffident
• subdued
• mousy
• passive
• introverted
• demure
• deferential
• shrinking
• unassuming
• meek
• unobtrusive
• compliant
• unarrogant
• unassertive
• acquiescent
• submissive
• mousey
• quiet
• yielding
• unaggressive
• overmodest
• self-critical
• self-doubting
• reserved
• cringing
• retiring
• cowering

3

as in superior

having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself

refused to be intimidated by the highfalutin manner of the sales staff in the fashionable boutique

Synonyms & Similar Words

• superior
• proud
• arrogant
• smug
• cavalier
• haughty
• lofty
• disdainful
• prideful
• confident
• lordly
• pretentious
• egotistical
• snobbish
• domineering
• uppity
• vainglorious
• supercilious
• selfish
• conceited
• high-sounding
• vain
• pompous
• egotistic
• self-important
• egoistic
• important
• condescending
• bombastic
• patronizing
• complacent
• overbearing
• dominating
• sniffy
• cocky
• boastful
• impudent
• saucy
• presumptuous
• brassy
• stuck-up
• self-satisfied
• self-contented
• bold
• overconfident
• swaggering
• cheeky
• overweening
• self-conceited
• egocentric
• audacious
• peremptory
• bloated
• impertinent
• self-assertive
• cocksure
• brash
• bossy
• imperious
• self-glorifying
• magisterial
• high-handed
• masterful
• sure
• self-assured
• self-centered
• forward
• self-confident
• presuming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• humble
• lowly
• unassuming
• unpretentious
• homely
• meek
• timid
• unpretending
• demure
• bashful
• shy
• diffident
• retiring
• deferential
• compliant
• ingratiating
• unassertive
• passive
• apologetic
• acquiescent
• submissive
• quiet
• yielding
• resigned
• shrinking
• unobtrusive
• subdued
• reserved
• self-doubting
• cringing
• cowering

4

as in smug

self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance

"fine Southern cuisine" sounds a bit highfalutin for a barbecue shack

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• smug
• pretentious
• high-minded
• grandiose
• important
• ostentatious
• pompous
• cavalier
• la-di-da
• lah-di-dah
• la-de-da
• superior
• aggressive
• snippy
• lah-dee-dah
• lah-de-dah
• affected
• vain
• sure
• high-sounding
• high-flown
• proud
• grandiloquent
• egotistical
• high-and-mighty
• uppity
• high-toned
• vainglorious
• sententious
• bumptious
• hoity-toity
• self-important
• bold
• snobbish
• egoistical
• snobby
• conceited
• rude
• supercilious
• confident
• imperious
• egotistic
• presumptuous
• haughty
• high-handed
• egoistic
• self-centered
• complacent
• high-hat
• prideful
• disdainful
• self-aggrandizing
• overweening
• boastful
• impudent
• self-complacent
• self-satisfied
• showy
• glitzy
• gaudy
• brassy
• airy
• self-dramatizing
• self-conceited
• cocky
• self-glorifying
• self-obsessed
• cheeky
• insolent
• flashy
• stuck-up
• bragging
• self-assured
• self-promoting
• flamboyant
• lordly
• garish
• audacious
• self-assertive
• self-pleased
• self-confident
• assertive
• self-asserting
• splashy
• braggart
• flaunting
• forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• unpretentious
• humble
• unassuming
• homely
• lowly
• down-to-earth
• meek
• passive
• retiring
• timid
• quiet
• shy
• bashful
• unassertive
• demure
• reserved
• mousy
• diffident
• mousey
• overmodest