Synonyms of self-admiration

self-admiration

noun

ˌself-ˌad-mə-ˈrā-shən 

as in vanity

an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements

his overweening self-admiration blinded him to constructive criticism of any kind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vanity
• ego
• pridefulness
• pride
• arrogance
• self-satisfaction
• egotism
• conceitedness
• smugness
• complacency
• vainglory
• self-love
• self-conceit
• vainness
• superiority
• confidence
• self-importance
• pompousness
• self-glory
• pomposity
• complacence
• self-opinion
• self-congratulation
• conceit
• amour propre
• self-esteem
• vaingloriousness
• swelled head
• bighead
• assurance
• self-confidence
• self-assumption
• self-assurance
• swellheadedness
• self-righteousness
• haughtiness
• selfishness
• superciliousness
• imperiousness
• hubris
• lordliness
• self-assertion
• snobbishness
• disdainfulness
• overconfidence
• egoism
• presumption
• self-pride
• self-respect
• pretension
• pretense
• self-centeredness
• pretentiousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humility
• modesty
• humbleness
• diffidence
• altruism
• unselfishness
• timidity
• self-doubt
• shyness
• bashfulness
• self-loathing
• passivity
• demureness
• self-disgust
• self-hate
• passiveness
• timidness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of self-admiration

Most of the film plays out in something close to real time, and the directors, loath to hurry scenes along, slow the action down with a technical virtuosity that sometimes tilts into self-admiration. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025

At first, Oliver meekly and gratefully laps up, metaphorically, the warm milk of affection that the family bestows on him between their rounds of backbiting and oblivious self-admiration. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023