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Synonyms & Antonyms of cavalier
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- a cavalier and pompous boss, indifferent to the feelings of her subordinates
Synonyms for cavalier
- arrogant,
- assumptive,
- bumptious,
- chesty,
- haughty,
- high-and-mighty,
- high-handed,
- high-hat,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- huffish,
- huffy,
- imperious,
- important,
- lofty,
- lordly,
- masterful,
- overweening,
- peremptory,
- pompous,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- pretentious,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- sniffy,
- stiff-necked,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toplofty
- (also toploftical),
- uppish,
- uppity
Words Related to cavalier
- blusterous,
- blustery,
- boastful,
- bombastic,
- braggart,
- bragging,
- braggy,
- cocky,
- swaggering,
- vain,
- vainglorious
- complacent,
- conceited,
- egocentric,
- egoistic
- (also egoistical),
- egotistic
- (or egotistical),
- hubristic,
- narcissistic,
- orgulous,
- prideful,
- proud,
- self-affected,
- self-applauding,
- self-centered,
- self-complacent,
- self-conceited,
- self-pleased,
- self-satisfied,
- smug,
- stuck-up
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- immodest
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cavalier
nounSynonyms of cavalier (Entry 2 of 2)
- a novel about the dashing cavaliers and gracious ladies of the South before the Civil War
Synonyms for cavalier
Words Related to cavalier
- captivator,
- charmer,
- ladies' man
- (also lady's man),
- smoothy
- (or smoothie)
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The first known use of cavalier was in 1589
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