Synonyms of holier-than-thou

holier-than-thou

adjective

as in smug

disapproving having or showing the annoying attitude of people who believe that they are morally better than other people

a holier-than-thou attitude

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smug
• cavalier
• boastful
• self-righteous
• bragging
• arrogant
• egotistical
• moralistic
• egoistical
• self-important
• preachy
• selfish
• vainglorious
• conceited
• pompous
• dogmatic
• moralizing
• bigheaded
• egotistic
• homiletical
• complacent
• didactic
• masterful
• egoistic
• dogmatical
• homiletic
• self-satisfied
• high-and-mighty
• cautionary
• admonishing
• vain
• cocky
• prideful
• sententious
• admonitory
• hifalutin
• stuck-up
• prescriptive
• self-conceited
• snooty
• snobbish
• supercilious
• biggety
• snobby
• pretentious
• uppity
• swellheaded
• swaggering
• bombastic
• overweening
• important
• haughty
• blustery
• consequential
• blusterous
• bumptious
• biggity
• braggy
• proud
• assured
• huffy
• self-opinionated
• assumptive
• toploftical
• domineering
• pontifical
• uppish
• disdainful
• toplofty
• chesty
• high-handed
• overconfident
• highfalutin
• high-hat
• self-assertive
• braggart
• superior
• presumptuous
• self-assured
• condescending
• lordly
• self-centered
• peremptory
• imperious
• self-confident
• confident
• fastuous
• self-congratulatory
• patronizing
• lofty
• self-glorifying
• presuming
• self-contented
• self-asserting
• self-dramatizing
• self-engrossed
• self-promoting
• self-gratulatory
• self-adulatory
• self-affected
• self-applauding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diffident
• timid
• meek
• self-critical
• unassertive
• self-doubting
• down-to-earth
• unassuming
• sheepish
• self-reproachful
• self-distrustful
• unpretentious
• bashful
• self-reproving
• humble
• mousy
• demure
• shy
• introverted
• shrinking
• overmodest
• mousey
• retiring
• modest
• unarrogant
• egoless
• uncomplacent