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pompous
Synonyms and Antonyms of pompous
1
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, highfalutin (also hifalutin), huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, 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
2
having too high an opinion of oneself
assured, biggety (or biggity) [Southern & Midland], bigheaded, complacent, conceited, consequential, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), important, overweening, prideful, proud, self-conceited, self-important, self-opinionated, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up, swellheaded, vain, vainglorious
blusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering
arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, disdainful, fastuous, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-hat, huffy, lofty, lordly, masterful, peremptory, pontifical, self-asserting, self-assertive, snobbish, snobby, snooty, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
domineering, high-handed, imperious
highfalutin (also hifalutin), holier-than-thou, pretentious
overconfident, presuming, presumptuous
confident, self-assured, self-confident
self-adulatory, self-congratulatory, self-contented, self-gratulatory
self-applauding, self-dramatizing, self-glorifying, self-promoting
3
self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance
affected, grandiose, high-minded, highfalutin (also hifalutin), la-di-da (also la-de-da), ostentatious, pretentious, snippy
airy, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, high-toned, sententious
arrogant, bumptious, complacent, conceited, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, hoity-toity, imperious, important, overweening, presumptuous, prideful, proud, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-important, self-obsessed, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vainglorious
self-aggrandizing, self-dramatizing, self-glorifying, self-promoting
cavalier, disdainful, haughty, lordly, snobbish, snobby, stuck-up, supercilious, superior
confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure
aggressive, assertive, audacious, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, forward, impudent, insolent, rude
flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glitzy, showy, splashy
demure, down-to-earth, homely, humble, lowly, meek, retiring, unassertive, unassuming
bashful, diffident, mousy (or mousey), overmodest, passive, quiet, reserved, shy, timid
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