Synonyms of hubris

hubris

noun

as in vanity

formal + literary an excessive or foolish amount of belief in oneself or one's own abilities

His failure was brought on by his hubris.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vanity
• arrogance
• ego
• pridefulness
• pride
• overconfidence
• confidence
• superiority
• smugness
• complacency
• presumption
• vainglory
• egotism
• pomposity
• conceitedness
• self-satisfaction
• self-conceit
• conceit
• self-importance
• vainness
• pompousness
• complacence
• assurance
• self-love
• self-confidence
• self-assurance
• swelled head
• amour propre
• selfishness
• self-congratulation
• self-righteousness
• vaingloriousness
• haughtiness
• imperiousness
• bighead
• self-admiration
• self-glory
• snobbishness
• self-opinion
• superciliousness
• self-esteem
• disdainfulness
• pretence
• self-assertion
• self-assumption
• egoism
• swellheadedness
• lordliness
• pretentiousness
• self-pride
• self-respect
• pretension
• self-centeredness
• pretense

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diffidence
• altruism
• timidity
• unselfishness
• self-doubt
• humility
• shyness
• bashfulness
• passivity
• self-loathing
• self-disgust
• self-hate
• modesty
• passiveness
• demureness
• humbleness
• timidness

Examples of hubris in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The idea that the justices can play by their own rules, that they cannot be constrained by any other branch and are therefore somehow above them is pure hubris, and completely untethered to the system of checks and balances that the Constitution itself aimed to set out. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024

What if the manuscript is in some sense smarter than us all, its anonymous author, or authors, laughing from the grave at the hubris of reason? —Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024

CalMatters With all the hubris of a startup founder, Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, took to the stage in March to launch Ed the chatbot. —Calmatters, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2024

Whether led by great hubris or sweet naivete, Treadwell ignored all common sense and conventional wisdom about the animals and began to consider them as friends. —Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024

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