Synonyms of smug

smug

adjective

1

as in arrogant

having too high an opinion of oneself

a winner who was so smug that he lost the goodwill of the crowd

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• proud
• egotistical
• vain
• conceited
• self-important
• complacent
• egoistical
• self-satisfied
• domineering
• selfish
• confident
• vainglorious
• pompous
• bigheaded
• egotistic
• important
• prideful
• egoistic
• stuck-up
• self-conceited
• assured
• supercilious
• cocky
• overweening
• boastful
• biggity
• snobbish
• consequential
• biggety
• snooty
• haughty
• bumptious
• snobby
• high-and-mighty
• bombastic
• swaggering
• uppity
• self-opinionated
• braggy
• swellheaded
• cavalier
• blusterous
• blustery
• disdainful
• bragging
• assumptive
• holier-than-thou
• pretentious
• huffy
• overconfident
• pontifical
• braggart
• superior
• chesty
• uppish
• hifalutin
• high-handed
• self-assured
• condescending
• masterful
• self-assertive
• self-confident
• patronizing
• toploftical
• high-hat
• presumptuous
• lordly
• fastuous
• toplofty
• imperious
• presuming
• self-centered
• peremptory
• self-congratulatory
• self-contented
• lofty
• highfalutin
• self-asserting
• self-glorifying
• self-promoting
• self-dramatizing
• self-engrossed
• self-gratulatory
• self-adulatory
• self-applauding
• self-affected

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• diffident
• egoless
• timid
• meek
• self-critical
• unassertive
• uncomplacent
• unassuming
• sheepish
• down-to-earth
• unpretentious
• self-doubting
• bashful
• self-reproachful
• shy
• introverted
• shrinking
• self-distrustful
• mousy
• retiring
• self-reproving
• demure
• mousey
• overmodest
• unarrogant

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• humble
• modest
• diffident
• egoless
• timid
• meek
• self-critical
• unassertive
• uncomplacent
• unassuming
• sheepish
• down-to-earth
• unpretentious
• self-doubting
• bashful
• self-reproachful
• shy
• introverted
• shrinking
• self-distrustful
• mousy
• retiring
• self-reproving
• demure
• mousey
• overmodest
• unarrogant

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2

as in tidy

being clean and in good order

the suburb's smug lawns and tree-lined streets bespeak a comfortable affluence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tidy
• neat
• trim
• tidied
• picked up
• prim
• crisp
• uncluttered
• orderly
• antiseptic
• snug
• groomed
• shipshape
• kempt
• well-groomed
• trig
• dapper
• immaculate
• saucy
• sleek
• spiffy
• organized
• natty
• rakish
• spotless
• bandbox
• smart
• taut
• streamlined
• spruce
• systematic
• spick-and-span
• spic-and-span
• straight

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slovenly
• disheveled
• messy
• unkempt
• untidy
• disorderly
• disordered
• sloppy
• dishevelled
• shabby
• scruffy
• dirty
• filthy
• seedy
• slipshod
• nasty
• sordid
• squalid
• foul
• sloven
• mussy
• mussed
• rumpled
• dowdy
• disorganized
• tumbled
• unsystematic
• frowsy
• frowzy
• tousled

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• slovenly
• disheveled
• messy
• unkempt
• untidy
• disorderly
• disordered
• sloppy
• dishevelled
• shabby
• scruffy
• dirty
• filthy
• seedy
• slipshod
• nasty
• sordid
• squalid
• foul
• sloven
• mussy
• mussed
• rumpled
• dowdy
• disorganized
• tumbled
• unsystematic
• frowsy
• frowzy
• tousled

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