Thesaurus
lordly
Synonyms and Antonyms of lordly
- one dinner guest was a little lordly about her status as a vegetarian, even asking the other diners how they could bear to eat dead animals
arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, highfalutin (also hifalutin), huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, sniffy, stiff-necked, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
authoritarian, bossy, dominant, dominating, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, pontificating
condescending, disdainful, patronizing
blusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering, vain, vainglorious
complacent, conceited, egocentric, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), hubristic, narcissistic, orgulous, prideful, proud, self-affected, self-applauding, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up
self-flattering, self-loving, self-promoting
brash, forward, uninhibited, unreserved
extroverted (also extraverted), immodest
- his lordly attitude toward people who enjoy popular music
disdainful, haughty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), lofty, prideful, proud, superior
complacent, conceited, egoistic, egotistic (also egotistical), important, self-assertive, self-conceited, self-contented, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vainglorious
arrogant, pretentious, sniffy, snobbish, stuck-up, supercilious
cavalier, overbearing, overweening, peremptory, swaggering
cocky, overconfident, presuming, presumptuous
bloated, boastful, bombastic, self-glorifying
audacious, bold, brash, brassy, cheeky, cocksure, forward, impertinent, impudent, saucy
confident, presuming, self-assured, self-confident, sure
bossy, domineering, high-handed, imperious
- born to great wealth, he has always displayed a lordly generosity toward the less fortunate
big, chivalrous, elevated, gallant, great, greathearted, high, high-minded, lofty, magnanimous, natural, noble, sublime
Synonym Discussion of lordly
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- too proud to take charity
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- a conceited and arrogant executive
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- a haughty aristocrat
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- a lordly condescension
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- ignored by an insolent waiter
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- an overbearing supervisor
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- an aloof and supercilious manner
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- disdainful of their social inferiors
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