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

The Air sign likes to advise those in need, and will get up on their high horse and grandstand so their views can be heard. — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025

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

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

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