Synonyms of snobbish

snobbish

adjective

ˈsnä-bish 

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

he gave us one snobbish glance and then disregarded us

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snobbish

The space and the fare at Spoon and Stable are sophisticated without feeling snobbish, with signature items like bison tartare and spaghetti nero served up in an airy one-time horse stable. — Kate Nelson, Saveur, 21 May 2026

To give the illusion of a real club for California’s upper crust, several celebrities make cameos as club guests, including Michael Phelps, Suni Lee, and Finneas O’Connell, all of whom play snobbish parodies of themselves. — Sam Reed, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2026

That rationale extends to my loungewear taste, which my friends would call particularly snobbish. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 11 Apr. 2026

The anti-pop animus of classic rock criticism reflected nothing so much as a neurotic puritanism, or maybe just a snobbish inability to hear the deep beauty of pop. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Mar. 2026