Synonyms of bumptious

bumptious

adjective

ˈbəm(p)-shəs 

as in arrogant

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

a bumptious young man whose family wealth gave him a sense of entitlement

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bumptious

This splendid, wry satire is about a wealthy family, self-important and confident in their morality, whose blithe and bumptious existences are thrown into disarray when their father clandestinely decides to give all their money to charity, and so (in their opinions) completely destroys their lives. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025

As Peggy Dodd, consigliere to her bumptious 1950s cult-leader husband, Adams tends to wear a soft smile and blouses buttoned to the neck — a picture-perfect model of mid-century femininity. — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024

It’s all spanked along by one of those golly-gee bumptious holiday musical scores. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024

The ländler dance in the second was robust and bumptious, with an undercurrent of darkness, and there was just the right amount of winking in the trio; the whole thing was a country fair picaresque. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024

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