Synonyms of megalomaniac

megalomaniac

noun

as in jerk

a person who believes that he or she has unlimited power or importance

Their CEO is a real megalomaniac who feels she can partake in any luxury with the company's profits.

Related Words

• jerk
• heel
• clown
• joker
• cad
• creep
• snake
• boor
• beast
• louse
• skunk
• lout
• cretin
• stinker
• cur
• egomaniac
• egotist
• narcissist
• egoist
• slob
• churl
• egocentric
• ego-tripper

Dissimilar Words

• philanthropist
• humanitarian
• altruist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of megalomaniac

Most obviously, front and center, and in endlessly intrusive close-up, there’s Pattinson — who also serves as producer — playing the arrogant, fame-addicted, megalomaniac Hansen. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

She’s covered enough megalomaniacs to recognize that someone like Stensen won’t spend billions of dollars building an underground colony that will never be used. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026

Stark, having been elected governor and already well along in his fateful descent from an idealistic man of the people to an entirely corrupt megalomaniac, is on the way to visit his childhood home. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 12 May 2026

And leading the country is a megalomaniac — Anthony Starr’s always riveting Homelander — who might be going insane. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026

Trump has a child’s attention span, a megalomaniac’s urge for a ribbon cutting before his term ends, zero willingness to listen to anyone who doesn not agree with him, and — most of all — an unshakable belief that his taste and judgment is far better than any arts commission’s. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026

There are still many in this country who value truth, who believe that history should be preserved and not erased, who understand that constitutional rights should not be swept away to suit the whims of a megalomaniac, and who refuse to wallow in ignorance and hate. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026

Pierre Bergé called me a megalomaniac and threw me out the next season. — James Fallon, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025

The Houthis are led by a family of clerical megalomaniacs who have been prophesying apocalyptic war since the early 2000s. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025