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ego

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ego

1 a reasonable or justifiable sense of one's worth or importance
  • I have enough ego not to want to give up easily in any contest or competition.
Synonyms of ego

pride, pridefulness, self-esteem, self-regard, self-respect
Words Related to ego

aplomb, assurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-assuredness, self-confidence, self-pride, self-trust, self-worth

dignity, face, honor, prestige
Near Antonyms of ego

discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, shame

demureness, down-to-earthness, humbleness, humility, modesty

diffidence, meekness, shyness, timidity, timidness
2 an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements
  • a star athlete with a refreshing lack of ego
Synonyms of ego

bighead, complacence, complacency, conceit, conceitedness, egotism, pomposity, pompousness, pride, pridefulness, self-admiration, self-conceit, self-esteem, self-glory, self-importance, self-love, self-satisfaction, smugness, swelled head, vaingloriousness, vainglory, vainness, vanity
Words Related to ego

assurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence

self-righteousness

arrogance, disdainfulness, haughtiness, imperiousness, lordliness, self-assertion, snobbishness, superciliousness, superiority

hubris, overconfidence, presumption

pretense (or pretence), pretension, pretentiousness

egoism, self-centeredness, selfishness

self-pride, self-respect
Near Antonyms of ego

diffidence, self-doubt

self-disgust, self-hate, self-loathing

altruism, unselfishness

bashfulness, demureness, shyness, timidity, timidness

passiveness, passivity
Antonyms of ego

humbleness, humility, modesty

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