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self important
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
- puffed up
- scornful
- self-important
- smarty
- smarty-pants
- sniffy
- snippy
- snooty
- snotty
- stuck up
- supercilious
- superior
- swaggering
- uppity
adjective as in pompous
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adjective as in self-important
adjective as in snotty
adjective as in stuffy
adjective as in uppity
adjective as in vain
adjective as in vainglorious
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
- puffed up
- 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
- puffed up
- 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
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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
- puffed up
- 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-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
- puffed up
- 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
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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
- puffed up
- 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
- puffed up
- 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
- puffed up
- self-absorbed
- self-admiring
- self-centered
- self-important
- snobbish
- stuck on oneself
- stuck-up
- subjective
- superior
- swollen
- vain
- vainglorious
adjective as in exalted
Strongest matches
adjective as in fustian
adjective as in conceited
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Example Sentences
Had he ever done something like in Newtown, every self-important shrink on TV would have claimed they'd have seen it coming.
It was small and self-important rather than big and magnanimous.
They get bloated, self-important, and impossible to deal with.
And though we journalists can be a little self-important, we are not the only ones under surveillance.
Real Spike will never sound that self-important, no matter how artistic he gets.
She was more self-important and self-assertive, and Zizi wondered if she had learned something definite against some suspect.
A self-important postmaster, especially of a little town, like the political carpet-bagger, has no respect for ancient landmarks.
She could feel the cool air of the morning again, and hear the crowing of a self-important cock.
After the division, the vain, self-important spirit of Ephraim broke out in a characteristic way.
“I saw the very same thing done,” added Tommy, with his usual self-important air.
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On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self-important, such as: arrogant, egotistical, pompous, bigheaded, big shot, and cocky.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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