Synonyms of cavalier

cavalier 1 of 2

adjective

ˌka-və-ˈlir 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

cavalier

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noun

as in gentleman

an honorable and courteous man

a novel about the dashing cavaliers and gracious ladies of the South before the Civil War

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gentleman
• aristocrat
• prince
• knight
• gallant
• fop
• beau
• charmer
• dude
• Galahad
• petit-maître
• patrician
• Beau Brummell
• dandy
• blade
• jay
• smoothie
• captivator
• lady's man
• swell
• blood
• ladies' man
• buck
• smoothy

Examples of cavalier in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The cavalier use of military force can prove catastrophic; Vietnam and Iraq will ever loom as costly cautionary tales. —William Inboden, Foreign Affairs, 9 Nov. 2022

The real issue is not a cavalier process at the City Council. —Donna Lieberman, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024

Noun

Ian Hussey as her cavalier was dashing, his soloing and partnering both solid. —Ellen Dunkel, Philly.com, 10 Dec. 2017