Synonyms of self-conceit

self-conceit

noun

ˌself-kən-ˈsēt 

as in vanity

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

the movie star became a victim of her own self-conceit, having deluded herself into believing that she was as great as her press agent said she was

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of self-conceit

The original 1877 building has grown not just to house the museum’s burgeoning collections and encompass its expanding role as an educator, entertainer and research institution, but to project an evolving sense of science’s self-conceit. —Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 4 May 2023