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

Play Now Toni’s blasé egotism is mostly consistent across a film filled with conspiracy, backstabbing, and political fallout. — Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Jan. 2026

By incorporating a character unable to do anything but cry and coo, the show only highlights its disinterest in more nuanced examinations of human behavior, such as greed or egotism. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 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