Synonyms of conceited

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adjective

kən-ˈsē-təd 

as in smug

having too high an opinion of oneself

a conceited basketball player who was always too busy even to sign autographs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smug
• arrogant
• proud
• vain
• selfish
• self-important
• vainglorious
• egotistic
• bigheaded
• domineering
• prideful
• self-conceited
• egoistic
• confident
• pompous
• complacent
• stuck-up
• important
• self-satisfied
• boastful
• cocky
• assured
• supercilious
• snobbish
• self-opinionated
• overweening
• haughty
• snobby
• consequential
• snooty
• braggy
• biggety
• braggart
• bumptious
• high-and-mighty
• bombastic
• blusterous
• cavalier
• uppity
• swaggering
• swellheaded
• pretentious
• bragging
• overconfident
• assumptive
• disdainful
• blustery
• chesty
• self-assertive
• uppish
• self-confident
• self-assured
• pontifical
• high-handed
• presumptuous
• holier-than-thou
• masterful
• huffy
• self-centered
• superior
• condescending
• patronizing
• imperious
• lordly
• high-hat
• toplofty
• presuming
• fastuous
• peremptory
• self-contented
• self-asserting
• lofty
• self-promoting
• self-congratulatory
• highfalutin
• self-glorifying
• self-dramatizing
• self-engrossed
• self-applauding
• self-gratulatory
• self-adulatory
• self-affected

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• timid
• diffident
• egoless
• meek
• self-critical
• unassertive
• uncomplacent
• unassuming
• bashful
• self-doubting
• down-to-earth
• sheepish
• unpretentious
• shy
• introverted
• self-reproachful
• self-distrustful
• mousy
• demure
• self-reproving
• retiring
• shrinking
• unarrogant
• overmodest

conceited

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verb

past tense of conceit, chiefly dialect

as in imagined

to form a mental picture of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagined
• envisioned
• saw
• dreamed
• pictured
• fancied
• fantasized
• conceived
• visioned
• visualized
• featured
• fantasied
• envisaged
• imaged
• conjured (up)
• contemplated
• planned
• ideated
• reflected
• daydreamed
• mused
• hallucinated
• concocted
• invented
• pondered
• relived
• reminisced
• projected
• stargazed
• ruminated
• manufactured
• meditated
• foresaw
• made up
• fabricated
• prefigured
• re-created

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conceited

Adjective

Meanwhile, Johnson reprises his role as Moana's bantering reluctant partner, the shapeshifting trickster demigod Maui, alongside Jemaine Clement again voicing the conceited giant crustacean Tamatoa. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026

Avoid Burying Praise in Negatives To avoid making children too conceited, parents might bury praise in the midst of negatives. — Wayne Parker, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026

The Pitt definitely feels like the type of workplace where conceited doctors-in-training are pretty much guaranteed to quickly get knocked down a peg. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 8 Jan. 2026

But Grande’s conceited blonde bubblehead gains in stature here as Glinda assumes statesmanlike responsibility to spread goodness in Oz, while experiencing crushing romantic disappointment that humbles her and deflates her vanity. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Nov. 2025

The kooky characters surrounding Judge Stone included the conceited prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette), the imposing bailiff Bull Shannon (Richard Moll), and the idealistic public defender Christine Sullivan (Markie Post), each of whom had various quirks of their own. — Dan Heching, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024

The baritone Davide Luciano was suave as the conceited army sergeant Belcore; as the quack doctor Dulcamara, who provides the cheap wine that Nemorino takes as a love potion, the baritone Ambrogio Maestri was robust without being over-the-top. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023

Last year has to be a low, dishonest year and a triumph for no one but the conceited and dumb. — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Jan. 2023