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big-headed

ADJECTIVE

boastful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrogant bombastic cocky exultant pompous pretentious

WEAK

big conceited crowing egotistic egotistical full of hot air highfalutin hot stuff know-it-all loudmouth on ego trip puffed-up self-aggrandizing self-applauding smart-alecky snooty strutting stuck-up swaggering swanky swollen-headed too big for one's britches vainglorious vaunting windbag

Antonyms

STRONGEST

humble modest unconceited

WEAK

deprecating

ADJECTIVE

stuck-up

Synonyms

WEAK

arrogant cocky conceited condescending egotistic haughty high-and-mighty hoity-toity nose in the air ostentatious patronizing pompous pretentious puffed up snippy snooty snotty too big for one's britches uppity vain

ADJECTIVE

vain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrogant cocky

WEAK

boastful conceited egocentric egoistic haughty high-and-mighty inflated narcissistic ostentatious overweening pleased with oneself proud puffed up self-important stuck-up swaggering swollen-headed vainglorious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

humble

WEAK

modest possible shy

Example Sentences

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“Great giants… thirty feet high” and big-headed protectors, the kilikis and zaldikos.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

And then when I wrote it, I was like, I’ve never heard anything like this before — in the least big-headed way possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

"It sounds a bit big-headed but yeah it is art", Parris says.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

The big-headed ants are small but voracious hunters of insects, destroying colonies of the tree-protecting ants but not defending the trees from the larger animals.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2024

Neves scraped the wall lightly, exposing fresh earth, and pinned the chart to the wall with a big-headed nail.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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