Synonyms of snooty

snooty

adjective

ˈsnü-tē 

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

the actress plays a genteel yet faintly snooty older woman

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snooty

Pierce’s brother Wendell (Monte Easter), an up-and-coming lawyer, is busy planning a wedding to a snooty upper-middle-class black woman named Sonia (Gaye Shannon-Burnett, who co-produced the film). — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026

Ormund, the snooty, temperamental head of House Hightower, is shown charred beyond recognition in the episode's final moments. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

While the early years saw one of TV’s best on-and-off romances between man-of-the-people Sam and snooty-pants (but sweet and sincere) Diane, played by the miraculous Shelley Long, the show didn’t miss a step when Diane split and Sam sold the bar to Kirstie Alley’s girlboss Rebecca. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026

Particularly his wife, who’s in the running to join a snooty women’s club. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026