Synonyms of egoistic

egoistic

adjective

variants also egoistical

1

as in smug

having too high an opinion of oneself

unfortunately, the race car driver is so egoistic that he pats himself on the back before anyone else has a chance

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in selfish

overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests

they're too egoistic to even give a thought to becoming involved in something that benefits the whole community

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selfish
• egocentric
• narcissistic
• egotistic
• self-centered
• egomaniacal
• solipsistic
• self-interested
• self-absorbed
• self-oriented
• self-concerned
• self-regarding
• self-involved
• self-seeking
• self-obsessed
• self-serving
• self-preoccupied
• self-loving
• self-infatuated
• proud
• inner-directed
• smug
• conceited
• vain
• vainglorious
• self-indulgent
• self-important
• self-conceited
• self-complacent
• self-contented
• self-glorifying
• self-satisfied
• pompous
• complacent
• prideful
• self-opinionated
• self-pleased
• self-directed
• overweening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unselfish
• selfless
• altruistic
• humanitarian
• benevolent
• philanthropic
• magnanimous
• generous
• charitable
• beneficent
• self-sacrificing
• other-directed
• self-denying
• self-forgetful
• self-forgetting
• diffident
• greathearted
• self-giving
• self-doubting
• self-flagellating
• self-reflective
• self-questioning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of egoistic

Three hundred high school players gather at a remote facility to compete in ruthless trials where only one will emerge as the world’s greatest and most egoistic striker. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026