CONCEIT Synonyms: 155 Similar and Opposite Words

conceit 1 of 2

noun

kən-ˈsēt

Definition of conceit

as in metaphor

an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something the conceit that the crowd at the outdoor rock concert was a vast sea of people waving to the beat of the music

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as in illusion

a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality his dream of swimming in the Olympics is nothing more than a conceit

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as in vanity

an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements even though her novels are enormously popular, the writer is more prone to humility than to conceit

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conceit

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verb

chiefly dialect

as in to imagine

to form a mental picture of after a huge meal like that, I cannot conceit eating another thing for the rest of the day

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Recent Examples of conceit

Noun

The series remains perpetually glum, refusing to project any light behind a conceit begging for a few laughs. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026 With their conceit, the clout chasers have turned his courage into a template without asking what made the original worth copying. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Unpacking Parton's universal appeal became the central conceit of an entire podcast when WYNC rolled out the 2019 series Dolly Parton's America. — Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026 Part of the exhibition’s conceit was to re-create Femme au chapeau’s historical context. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for conceit

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conceit

Noun

Ambiguity, subtext, double meanings, and metaphor course through all of them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Ballmer once bragged about how many toilets are in the Intuit Dome, and that feels like a metaphor for the state of his Clippers.

— Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of metaphor

Noun

The result is an illusion of depth that ultimately spits out the exact same generic, corner-cutting structure.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Gillian Jacobs as Jerri Dougan Gerry was the starting quarterback for the Catfish at the beginning of the first season until Danny (Frankie Rodriguez) — the school mascot who helps turn Russ into Chad and keep up his illusion — trips him.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of illusion

Noun

What begins with the seeds of a vanity project organically blossoms into something that encompasses the many people Ryan’s life touches.

— Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026
Using information from witnesses and footage from Flock cameras, investigators identified the suspect vehicle as a gray Ford F-150 pickup truck with a California vanity license plate, Johnson said.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of vanity

Noun

Each vignette of time reveals how time, our upbringing, and even our individual dreams shape the path of our lives and who ultimately ends up beside us for the ride.

— Emmalee Reed, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
In childhood, in adulthood, in her old age, Evans was besotted by dreams, turbulent, awesome, pictorial dreams.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of dream

Verb

The Browns always envisioned defensive tackle Maliek Collins being activated from the physically unable to perform list in time to ramp up for the opener, and Collins is on schedule.

— Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
When asked how ketogenic therapy might someday enter mainstream psychiatric care, Scher envisioned multidisciplinary care teams.

— Kelly Rogers Victor, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026