Synonyms of bighead

bighead

noun

ˈbig-ˌhed 

as in ego

an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements

the kind of early success that can give a young performer the bighead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ego
• vanity
• pridefulness
• pride
• arrogance
• smugness
• superiority
• swelled head
• vainglory
• self-satisfaction
• egotism
• amour propre
• complacency
• pomposity
• conceitedness
• self-conceit
• conceit
• self-love
• self-opinion
• pompousness
• vainness
• vaingloriousness
• confidence
• complacence
• self-admiration
• self-congratulation
• self-importance
• self-esteem
• self-glory
• swellheadedness
• assurance
• self-assumption
• self-confidence
• hubris
• self-assurance
• superciliousness
• overconfidence
• selfishness
• self-righteousness
• snobbishness
• haughtiness
• self-assertion
• disdainfulness
• egoism
• imperiousness
• lordliness
• presumption
• self-respect
• self-pride
• pretension
• pretense
• pretentiousness
• self-centeredness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humility
• modesty
• humbleness
• diffidence
• altruism
• unselfishness
• shyness
• timidity
• self-doubt
• bashfulness
• self-loathing
• self-hate
• passivity
• demureness
• passiveness
• self-disgust
• timidness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bighead

After extreme flooding events in the 1980s and 1990s, the fish escaped into the Mississippi River basin, and, alongside silver carp, bighead remain the most detrimental to aquatic environments. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026

No bighead or silver carp have ever been reported in Lake Michigan, said Greg McClinchey, the commission's director of policy and legislative affairs. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026

Live bands and Basque flutists pirouette around gigantes and bigheads, dancers with enormous papier-mâché heads of historical figures including kings, queens and Moors. — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025

Through flooding and accidental releases, black, grass, bighead and silver carps found their way into the Mississippi River system. — Peter Burke, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025