Advertisement
Advertisement
puffed up
adjective as in arrogant
Weak matches
- assuming
- audacious
- autocratic
- biggety
- bragging
- cheeky
- cold-shoulder
- conceited
- contemptuous
- cool
- disdainful
- domineering
- egotistic
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- insolent
- know-it-all
- lordly
- on an ego trip
- overbearing
- peremptory
- proud
- scornful
- self-important
- smarty
- smarty-pants
- sniffy
- snippy
- snooty
- snotty
- stuck up
- supercilious
- superior
- swaggering
- uppity
adjective as in assured
adjective as in overrated
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
adjective as in pompous
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in pretentious
Strong match
Weak matches
- affected
- assuming
- aureate
- big
- bombastic
- chichi
- conspicuous
- euphuistic
- extravagant
- feigned
- flamboyant
- flashy
- flaunting
- flowery
- gaudy
- grandiloquent
- high-flown
- high-sounding
- highfalutin
- imposing
- inflated
- jazzy
- la-di-da
- lofty
- magniloquent
- mincing
- ornate
- overambitious
- put on
- rhetorical
- specious
- splashy
- swank
- too-too
- tumid
- utopian
- vainglorious
adjective as in proud
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- bloated
- boastful
- cavalier
- conceited
- contemptuous
- cool
- disdainful
- domineering
- egotistic
- egotistical
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- huffy
- imperious
- insolent
- lofty
- narcissistic
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- scornful
- self-satisfied
- sniffy
- snobbish
- snooty
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- superior
- vain
- vainglorious
adjective as in puffy
adjective as in self-assured
adjective as in self-important
adjective as in self-satisfied
adjective as in smug
adjective as in snotty
adjective as in stuck-up
adjective as in uppity
adjective as in vain
adjective as in vainglorious
adjective as in boastful
adjective as in egotistic
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boastful
- boasting
- bragging
- conceited
- egocentric
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- idiosyncratic
- inborn
- individualistic
- inflated
- ingrained
- inherent
- inner-directed
- intimate
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- obsessive
- opinionated
- personal
- pompous
- prideful
- proud
- self-absorbed
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- snobbish
- stuck-up
- subjective
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
adjective as in egoistic
adjective as in egoistical
adjective as in egotistical
adjective as in prideful
Weak matches
- aloof
- assuming
- audacious
- autocratic
- biggety
- boastful
- bossy
- bragging
- cavalier
- cheeky
- cocky
- cold-shoulder
- conceited
- contemptuous
- cool
- disdainful
- dismissive
- domineering
- egotistic
- egotistical
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- imperious
- insolent
- know-it-all
- lofty
- lordly
- narcissistic
- on an ego trip
- on one's high horse
- overbearing
- overweening
- peremptory
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- scornful
- self-important
- self-satisfied
- smug
- sniffy
- snippy
- snobbish
- snooty
- snotty
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- superior
- swaggering
- uppity
- vain
- vainglorious
adjective as in puffed-up
Weak matches
- affected
- bloated
- boastful
- bombastic
- conceited
- flatulent
- flaunting
- flowery
- fustian
- grandiloquent
- grandiose
- high-and-mighty
- high-flown
- highfalutin
- hoity-toity
- imperious
- important
- inflated
- magisterial
- magniloquent
- narcissistic
- orotund
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- overblown
- pontifical
- portentous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- puffy
- rhetorical
- self-centered
- self-important
- selfish
- showy
- sonorous
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- turgid
- uppity
- vain
- vainglorious
- windy
adjective as in self-involved
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boastful
- boasting
- bragging
- conceited
- egocentric
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intimate
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- obsessive
- opinionated
- personal
- pompous
- prideful
- proud
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- self-seeking
- self-serving
- selfish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
- wrapped up in oneself
adjective as in self-respecting
Strongest match
Weak matches
- bloated
- boastful
- cavalier
- cocky
- conceited
- contemptuous
- cool
- disdainful
- dismissive
- egotistic
- egotistical
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- huffy
- imperious
- insolent
- lofty
- narcissistic
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- prideful
- scornful
- self-satisfied
- sniffy
- snobbish
- snooty
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- superior
- vain
- vainglorious
adjective as in self-seeking
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boastful
- conceited
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- opinionated
- pompous
- prideful
- proud
- self-absorbed
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- self-involved
- self-serving
- selfish
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
- wrapped up in oneself
adjective as in self-serving
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boasting
- bragging
- conceited
- egocentric
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intimate
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- obsessive
- opinionated
- personal
- prideful
- proud
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- self-involved
- self-seeking
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
- wrapped up in oneself
adjective as in swellheaded
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boastful
- boasting
- bragging
- conceited
- egocentric
- egoistic
- egoistical
- egomaniacal
- egotistical
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intimate
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- obsessive
- opinionated
- personal
- pompous
- prideful
- proud
- self-absorbed
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
adjective as in conceited
adjective as in egotistic/egoistic
Weak matches
- affected
- aloof
- autocratic
- boastful
- boasting
- bragging
- conceited
- egocentric
- egomaniacal
- haughty
- individualistic
- inflated
- inner-directed
- intimate
- intrinsic
- introverted
- isolated
- narcissistic
- obsessive
- opinionated
- personal
- pompous
- prideful
- proud
- self-absorbed
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
adjective as in elated
Strong matches
adjective as in fustian
adjective as in highfalutin
verb as in inflate
verb as in magnify
verb as in pride
verb as in swell
Strong matches
verb as in acclaim
verb as in billow
verb as in bloat
verb as in blow up
verb as in plume
verb as in commend
verb as in compliment
Strong matches
verb as in expand
Strong matches
verb as in extol
verb as in fill
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in pompous
Weak matches
- affected
- bloated
- boastful
- bombastic
- conceited
- flatulent
- flaunting
- flowery
- fustian
- grandiloquent
- grandiose
- high-and-mighty
- high-flown
- highfalutin
- hoity-toity
- imperious
- important
- inflated
- magisterial
- magniloquent
- narcissistic
- orotund
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- overblown
- pontifical
- portentous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- puffy
- rhetorical
- self-centered
- self-important
- selfish
- showy
- sonorous
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- turgid
- uppity
- vain
- vainglorious
- windy
Advertisement
Discover More
Example Sentences
Afterward, you can actually see her young career flash before her eyes as she makes a kind of puffed up blowfish face.
The winter air is rent with cries from thousands of puffed up lips, begging to be let in.
Some came wrapped in what looked like puffed up fabric worms, with hair just as knotted and twisted.
Neither author, for instance, subjected readers to puffed-up cartoon versions of themselves sporting a tricorn hat.
Gingrich, puffed up with righteousness, went on the offensive.
So Nicanor being puffed up with exceeding great pride, thought to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas.
One or two ran away and presently returned, followed by a lady Loon wearing huge, puffed-up rubber skirts.
One of these did not look like a ship at all, but like a low black box, from which the smoke puffed up in a thick cloud.
Mr. Sewer Rat puffed up his cheeks and gnashed his long, white teeth angrily.
He was so puffed up by these exploits that he wasn't a bit afraid of what might happen to him on the river.
Synonym of the day
Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!
By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.
On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to puffed-up, such as: affected, bloated, boastful, bombastic, conceited, and flatulent.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse