Synonyms of grandiosity

grandiosity

noun

as in affectation

the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case

I'd rather be thought of as a person with simple integrity, not a person given to grandiosity and exaggeration

Synonyms & Similar Words

• affectation
• arrogance
• pretension
• vanity
• pretense
• disdain
• pretence
• superiority
• inflation
• pride
• pretentiousness
• confidence
• affectedness
• imperiousness
• egotism
• smugness
• vainglory
• complacency
• self-importance
• haughtiness
• pompousness
• boastfulness
• self-aggrandizement
• hauteur
• self-satisfaction
• superciliousness
• snobbery
• self-conceit
• presumptuousness
• self-assertion
• vainness
• snobbishness
• conceit
• self-confidence
• self-assurance
• aggressiveness
• self-glorification
• boldness
• presumption
• assertiveness
• bumptiousness
• lordliness
• audaciousness
• braggadocio
• vaingloriousness
• flamboyance
• cockiness
• ostentation
• grandiloquence
• gaudiness
• sureness
• ostentatiousness
• forwardness
• rudeness
• impudence
• cheekiness
• garishness
• insolence
• showiness
• glitz
• flashiness
• brassiness
• self-assumption
• self-consequence
• mummery
• show

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humility
• modesty
• humbleness
• meekness
• lowliness
• demureness
• timidity
• diffidence
• shyness
• sincerity
• bashfulness
• down-to-earthness
• naturalness