Synonyms of high horse

high horse

noun

as in arrogance

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

I won't deal with you until you get off your high horse and stop patronizing me

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of high horse

Next week, Weapons finally faces a contender with a good shot at knocking it off its high horse. — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025

Esparza So in the aftermath, Biles was humble, while Gaines was gracious (from a rather high horse). — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 12 June 2025

The release of the files was going to expose the actions of their political opponents and place the president atop a moral high horse. — Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025

Not that Slusser cares or is interested because her moral high horse is far too tall to allow for much research, but Hentges was non-tendered by the Cleveland Guardians after the 2025 season. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026