Synonyms of pompous

pompous

adjective

1

as in arrogant

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude

the pompous waiter served us in the manner of a person doing some poor soul a great favor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• cavalier
• superior
• supercilious
• high-and-mighty
• pretentious
• haughty
• bumptious
• hifalutin
• important
• uppity
• domineering
• dominant
• smug
• assumptive
• presumptuous
• sniffy
• high-handed
• masterful
• imperious
• uppish
• huffy
• chesty
• authoritarian
• high-hat
• highfalutin
• overweening
• presuming
• lordly
• proud
• peremptory
• dominating
• huffish
• patronizing
• self-assertive
• egotistical
• lofty
• toploftical
• condescending
• toplofty
• snobbish
• impudent
• stiff-necked
• bossy
• boastful
• snooty
• pontifical
• magisterial
• snobby
• vainglorious
• self-asserting
• egoistical
• cocky
• bombastic
• narcissistic
• egocentric
• conceited
• disdainful
• saucy
• blusterous
• hubristic
• vain
• egotistic
• swaggering
• impertinent
• blustery
• self-centered
• egoistic
• pontificating
• prideful
• complacent
• self-satisfied
• braggy
• self-conceited
• uninhibited
• braggart
• self-complacent
• stuck-up
• immodest
• brash
• extroverted
• bragging
• extraverted
• self-flattering
• self-promoting
• self-loving
• orgulous
• unreserved
• self-affected
• self-pleased
• self-applauding
• forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• lowly
• unpretentious
• timid
• bashful
• sheepish
• diffident
• shy
• subdued
• mousy
• passive
• introverted
• demure
• deferential
• shrinking
• meek
• unassuming
• unarrogant
• unobtrusive
• unassertive
• compliant
• submissive
• acquiescent
• unaggressive
• quiet
• self-doubting
• self-critical
• overmodest
• mousey
• cringing
• yielding
• reserved
• retiring
• cowering

2

as in smug

having too high an opinion of oneself

a pompous piano teacher who thought that the music world was lucky to have her

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in pretentious

self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance

a pompous gambling casino decorated to look like a palace in ancient Rome

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• pretentious
• grandiose
• ostentatious
• hifalutin
• proud
• smug
• high-minded
• snippy
• highfalutin
• egotistical
• la-de-da
• affected
• la-di-da
• lah-di-dah
• self-important
• cavalier
• egoistical
• high-and-mighty
• vainglorious
• lah-de-dah
• conceited
• grandiloquent
• bumptious
• vain
• egotistic
• lah-dee-dah
• confident
• snobbish
• sententious
• supercilious
• uppity
• high-sounding
• self-centered
• haughty
• presumptuous
• egoistic
• snobby
• prideful
• imperious
• aggressive
• high-handed
• high-flown
• rude
• complacent
• high-toned
• boastful
• important
• assertive
• self-satisfied
• hoity-toity
• self-aggrandizing
• disdainful
• high-hat
• self-assertive
• cocky
• self-conceited
• insolent
• impudent
• self-obsessed
• overweening
• self-complacent
• self-glorifying
• self-assured
• self-confident
• showy
• brassy
• flamboyant
• self-dramatizing
• cheeky
• superior
• self-promoting
• gaudy
• stuck-up
• airy
• sure
• lordly
• glitzy
• garish
• flashy
• self-pleased
• bragging
• self-asserting
• audacious
• braggart
• bold
• flaunting
• splashy
• forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• unpretentious
• humble
• meek
• unassuming
• homely
• lowly
• down-to-earth
• passive
• timid
• retiring
• quiet
• bashful
• unassertive
• shy
• demure
• mousy
• reserved
• diffident
• mousey
• overmodest