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

While the train station is about six miles from downtown, Fairmont Hotel Macdonald overlooks the North Saskatchewan River and is one of the ritziest places to stay in town. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026

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

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