Synonyms of chesty

chesty

adjective

ˈche-stē 

as in arrogant

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

obnoxiously chesty self-made millionaires

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chesty

Things are already tense with her loopy future mother-in-law (Jennifer Coolidge) and the chesty ex (Lenny Kravitz) that her wealthy father (Cheech Marin) has invited without her consent. — Leah Greenblatt, Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2023

The cringeworthy stereotyping continues when Nawi begins a romance with a chesty biracial himbo named Malik (Jordan Bolger), who visits the kingdom to fulfill his Dahomean mother’s dying wish. — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022

The woman was chesty, the man powerfully built, the curves of his thighs yearning for the curves of hers. — Dave Eggers, Wired, 30 Sep. 2021

Parodying a president who already flirts with self-parody isn’t easy, but Cauvin nailed the chesty voice, the malapropisms and the utter shamelessness. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020

Nothing encapsulated Boston's fearless youth and dynamic potential quite like Tatum's dunk on James, and chesty celebration after, in Game 7 on Sunday. — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 May 2018