variants
or biggity
as in proud
having too high an opinion of oneself
he's gotten biggety since he got promoted to director of sales
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biggety
Adjective
-
Eddie Murphy’s son Eric and Martin Lawrence’s daughter Jasmin have welcomed their first baby since marrying last June, proud grandpa Murphy revealed over the weekend.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2026 -
The company is proud to provide a valuable recycling and renewable resource facility for Arlington, Mansfield and the Metroplex.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
-
The test case—picturing a cow doing ballet—produces a smug bovine pirouetting.—
Elise Broach,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
-
My math teachers of old are very smug somewhere.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
-
To this point, the Heat arguably have been too stubborn, or too arrogant, in belief that the quick fix was just around the corner.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
-
His style is relaxed and confident, not arrogant.—
Tara Klein,
SPIN,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
-
While rescuers searched in vain, distraught relatives of passengers rushed to the ValuJet counter at Miami International.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
-
But all of that greatness would have been in vain if his partner for the past decade-plus — his perfect foil — Green, didn’t find a way to turn back the clock as well.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
-
Other important ceremonial garments are also on display, including the Queen’s wedding dress, from 1947, another Hartnell creation that incorporated not just the white rose of the House of York but also featured orange blossoms, a symbol of fertility.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
-
My co-driver is super important.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
-
She’s been warning us since 1818 that vainglorious innovators will destroy the earth.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
-
The vainglorious demands of one man who can’t read a map? Concerned leaders in both parties should explain to the citizens of the United States how much peril Trump is courting.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Biggety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biggety. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
