Synonyms of hauteur

hauteur

noun

hȯ-ˈtər 

as in arrogance

an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims

she looked at him with the hauteur of someone who is accustomed to being instantly obeyed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogance
• superiority
• imperiousness
• disdain
• haughtiness
• attitude
• superciliousness
• pretence
• lordliness
• loftiness
• pretension
• pomposity
• peremptoriness
• pompousness
• masterfulness
• presumptuousness
• pretense
• self-importance
• huffiness
• high horse
• assumption
• pretentiousness
• pridefulness
• consequence
• vanity
• bumptiousness
• dominance
• condescension
• toploftiness
• pride
• self-consequence
• bossiness
• high-handedness
• snobbishness
• snobbery
• snootiness
• scorn
• snobbism
• authoritativeness
• smugness
• bravado
• boastfulness
• sauciness
• swagger
• impudence
• self-assertion
• triumphalism
• inflation
• cheekiness
• bowwow
• vainglory
• chest-thumping
• impertinence
• cockiness
• egoism
• self-complacency
• brag
• egotism
• self-conceit
• bombast
• self-satisfaction
• braggadocio
• strut
• self-opinion
• side
• self-content
• self-centeredness
• cheek
• self-contentment
• complacence
• vaingloriousness
• conceit
• swelled head
• superiority complex
• self-assumption
• self-partiality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humility
• modesty
• unpretentiousness
• bashfulness
• shyness
• demureness
• diffidence
• timidity
• passivity
• submissiveness
• meekness
• self-doubt
• passiveness
• lowliness
• unassumingness
• timidness
• quietness
• reserve
• self-distrust
• retiringness
• reservedness
• mousiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hauteur

The kitchen borrowed the ingredient worship of Chez Panisse, but not its reverence for simplicity; the fancy culture-mash pizza of Spago, but not its Eurocentric hauteur; the cheffy precision of the French Laundry, but not its fussy formality. —Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025

There was some explanation for his elusiveness, quite apart from the everyday hauteur of the fashion industry. —Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025

They are written with a thuggish hauteur, as if Pacino’s Tony ‘Scarface’ Montana had been transplanted to the world of music promotion – all machismo and ultimatums. —Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025

With his chilly hauteur and unflattering Prince Valiant hairdo, Jordan is a plain villain amid characters who otherwise collectively lurch between sympathetic victimhood and viciously cruel mob mentality. —Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024