Synonyms of stuck-up

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adjective

ˈstək-ˈəp 

as in smug

having too high an opinion of oneself

thought that the kids at his new school were snobbish and stuck-up

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

stuck up

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verb

past tense of stick up

as in robbed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• robbed
• held up
• ripped off
• invaded
• plundered
• looted
• broke in
• trespassed
• rifled
• ransacked
• ravaged
• sacked
• burglarized
• devastated
• despoiled
• pillaged
• burgled
• marauded

Examples of stuck-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Men fear that stepping outside those norms could lead to teasing, looking unprofessional, or appearing too formal or stuck-up. —Byeva Roytburg, Fortune, 17 June 2024

During his time at Bushwood Country Club, O’Keefe’s character becomes involved in a rivalry amongst a prominent, stuck-up member of the club – Judge Elihu Smails (played by Ted Knight) – and a boisterous, jokester guest named Al Czervik (played by legendary comedian Rodney Dangerfield). —Ben Morse, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024