Synonyms of egotism

egotism

noun

ˈē-gə-ˌti-zəm 

1

as in vanity

an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements

for someone who has won a Nobel Prize in physics, he is remarkably without egotism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vanity
• ego
• pridefulness
• pride
• arrogance
• smugness
• complacency
• vainglory
• self-conceit
• self-satisfaction
• conceitedness
• pomposity
• self-love
• pompousness
• self-importance
• superiority
• vainness
• conceit
• complacence
• self-admiration
• confidence
• self-glory
• self-congratulation
• self-opinion
• amour propre
• swelled head
• self-esteem
• bighead
• vaingloriousness
• assurance
• selfishness
• self-righteousness
• self-confidence
• swellheadedness
• egoism
• hubris
• haughtiness
• self-assurance
• self-assumption
• imperiousness
• snobbishness
• superciliousness
• overconfidence
• self-assertion
• lordliness
• presumption
• disdainfulness
• pretension
• self-centeredness
• self-respect
• self-pride
• pretense
• pretentiousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humility
• modesty
• humbleness
• diffidence
• altruism
• unselfishness
• timidity
• self-doubt
• shyness
• bashfulness
• self-loathing
• passivity
• self-disgust
• self-hate
• demureness
• passiveness
• timidness

2

as in selfness

excessive interest in oneself

egotism is not something that winners of the Nobel Prize for peace usually have time for

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selfness
• selfishness
• vanity
• ego
• egoism
• narcissism
• egocentrism
• egocentricity
• pridefulness
• egomania
• self-centeredness
• self-absorption
• self-interest
• self-involvement
• self-preoccupation
• pride
• self-concern
• smugness
• navel-gazing
• self-regard
• vainness
• complacency
• self-conceit
• vainglory
• self-admiration
• self-satisfaction
• conceitedness
• self-love
• pomposity
• pompousness
• self-importance
• self-respect
• self-sufficiency
• conceit
• complacence
• self-glorification
• self-indulgence
• vaingloriousness
• self-esteem
• self-content
• self-contentment
• self-consequence
• self-assumption
• self-partiality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• selflessness
• unselfishness
• generosity
• altruism
• magnanimity
• objectivity
• detachment
• self-sacrifice
• fairness
• neutrality
• disinterestedness
• impartiality
• self-forgetfulness
• self-abandonment
• self-flagellation
• self-annihilation
• self-immolation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of egotism

After his death the day after Easter at age 88, Francis was hailed for pushing Catholics and others to forsake egotism and materialism in favor of a kinder, more tolerant world focused above all on the marginalized. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025

On October 15, 1924, André Breton published a manifesto that was as notable for its belligerence as its egotism. —Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

Gratitude is the opposite of selfishness, egotism, avarice or narcissism. —Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024

The 1960s-era egotism in that earlier vision was tempered. —Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018