Synonyms of overweening

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overweening

adjective

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1

as in smug

having too high an opinion of oneself

a director who has little patience for overweening actors who think they are above taking advice and criticism

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in excessive

going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount

overweening desire for wealth and fame

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excessive
• extreme
• extravagant
• insane
• steep
• undue
• inordinate
• infinite
• lavish
• immoderate
• endless
• baroque
• exorbitant
• intolerable
• overmuch
• towering
• fancy
• unmerciful
• unconscionable
• unbearable
• devilish
• plethoric
• overextravagant
• inappropriate
• boundless
• over the top
• overdue
• stiff
• improper
• unwarranted
• limitless
• immeasurable
• a bit much
• unjustifiable
• unseemly
• unrestrained
• thick

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasonable
• inadequate
• moderate
• modest
• insufficient
• middling
• deficient
• minimal
• temperate
• minimum

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• reasonable
• inadequate
• moderate
• modest
• insufficient
• middling
• deficient
• minimal
• temperate
• minimum

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3

as in arrogant

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude

an overweening administrator who simply doesn't know how to manage people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• cavalier
• superior
• domineering
• bumptious
• supercilious
• haughty
• dominant
• pompous
• uppity
• imperious
• smug
• sniffy
• authoritarian
• pretentious
• lordly
• important
• assumptive
• presuming
• chesty
• masterful
• dominating
• presumptuous
• uppish
• hifalutin
• huffy
• high-and-mighty
• high-handed
• peremptory
• highfalutin
• toplofty
• self-asserting
• patronizing
• self-assertive
• lofty
• impudent
• magisterial
• proud
• hubristic
• huffish
• vainglorious
• toploftical
• condescending
• swaggering
• bossy
• narcissistic
• pontifical
• stiff-necked
• boastful
• snobbish
• egocentric
• high-hat
• bombastic
• pontificating
• disdainful
• snooty
• egotistic
• cocky
• blusterous
• conceited
• bragging
• snobby
• impertinent
• braggart
• saucy
• vain
• egotistical
• egoistic
• complacent
• blustery
• uninhibited
• prideful
• egoistical
• self-complacent
• self-satisfied
• immodest
• self-centered
• self-conceited
• self-flattering
• brash
• unreserved
• extroverted
• braggy
• stuck-up
• self-loving
• self-promoting
• orgulous
• self-affected
• self-applauding
• self-pleased
• extraverted
• forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• humble
• lowly
• timid
• diffident
• shrinking
• unpretentious
• sheepish
• bashful
• subdued
• acquiescent
• deferential
• mousy
• introverted
• shy
• passive
• demure
• meek
• submissive
• unassertive
• unarrogant
• unassuming
• self-doubting
• unaggressive
• yielding
• unobtrusive
• compliant
• overmodest
• cringing
• cowering
• self-critical
• mousey
• quiet
• reserved
• retiring

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• modest
• humble
• lowly
• timid
• diffident
• shrinking
• unpretentious
• sheepish
• bashful
• subdued
• acquiescent
• deferential
• mousy
• introverted
• shy
• passive
• demure
• meek
• submissive
• unassertive
• unarrogant
• unassuming
• self-doubting
• unaggressive
• yielding
• unobtrusive
• compliant
• overmodest
• cringing
• cowering
• self-critical
• mousey
• quiet
• reserved
• retiring

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4

as in inflated

extended beyond normal or realistic bounds

an overweening national pride that prompted its citizens to denigrate other countries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inflated
• exaggerated
• outsized
• overblown
• outsize
• bloated
• overdrawn
• hyperbolized
• enlarged
• overemphasized
• unreasonable
• overplayed
• stretched
• overstated
• grandiose
• overdone
• elaborated
• magnified
• padded
• embroidered
• unreal
• unrealistic
• embellished
• hyped-up
• preposterous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasonable
• realistic

• reasonable
• realistic

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