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Synonyms & Antonyms of swaggering
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in cocky, bombastic
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for swaggering
- assured,
- biggety
- (or biggity)
- [Southern & Midland],
- bigheaded,
- complacent,
- conceited,
- consequential,
- egoistic
- (also egoistical),
- egotistic
- (or egotistical),
- important,
- overweening,
- pompous,
- prideful,
- proud,
- self-conceited,
- self-important,
- self-opinionated,
- self-satisfied,
- smug,
- stuck-up,
- swellheaded,
- vain,
- vainglorious
- arrogant,
- assumptive,
- bumptious,
- cavalier,
- chesty,
- disdainful,
- fastuous,
- haughty,
- high-and-mighty,
- high-hat,
- huffy,
- lofty,
- lordly,
- masterful,
- peremptory,
- pontifical,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- snobbish,
- snobby,
- snooty,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toplofty
- (also toploftical),
- uppish,
- uppity
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- holier-than-thou,
- pretentious
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for swaggering
- bashful,
- demure,
- introverted,
- mousy
- (or mousey),
- overmodest,
- retiring,
- sheepish,
- shrinking,
- shy
swaggering
verbpresent participle of swagger
Synonyms & Antonyms of swaggering (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
- I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament
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2
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
- hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room
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