Synonyms of ritzy

ritzy

adjective

ˈrit-sē 

as in aristocratic

being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior

I don't appreciate your ritzy advice about whom I "should" associate with

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aristocratic
• arrogant
• snooty
• snobby
• snobbish
• elitist
• snotty
• high-hat
• potty
• toffee-nosed
• persnickety
• uppity
• aloof
• hoity-toity
• supercilious
• bumptious
• pretentious
• high-and-mighty
• smug
• haughty
• pompous
• superior
• high-handed
• huffy
• highfalutin
• presumptuous
• toplofty
• imperious
• huffish
• lordly
• self-important
• egotistic
• peremptory
• egoistic
• stuck-up
• self-satisfied
• overweening
• biggety
• prideful
• bigheaded
• self-conceited
• swelled-headed
• swellheaded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• democratic
• egalitarian
• modest
• humble
• unpretentious
• egoless
• anti-elitist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ritzy

But that plan sparked neighborhood backlash, with ritzy area residents like Patti Smith, Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese weighing in. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026

Pulitzer finalist Chang-rae Lee reinvents the coming-of-age novel, evoking Westchester County’s working-class neighborhoods and ritzier suburbs during the 1970s. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

The trendsetting Princess of Wales has since been an annual fixture at the ritzy tennis championship. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 June 2026

Other homeowners in the ritzy neighborhood include the singer The Weeknd and music producer Pharrell Williams. — Catherine Odom june 26, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026

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