Synonyms of cavalier

cavalier 1 of 2

adjective

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

2 of 2

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

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