Definitions

strutting

[struht-ing] / ˈstrʌt ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

boastful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrogant bombastic cocky exultant pompous pretentious

WEAK

big big-headed 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 stuck-up swaggering swanky swollen-headed too big for one's britches vainglorious vaunting windbag

Antonyms

STRONGEST

humble modest unconceited

WEAK

deprecating

ADJECTIVE

vainglorious

Synonyms

WEAK

arrogant blowing one's own horn boasting bragging cavalier cocky conceited egotistic egotistical haughty high-and-mighty high-handed huffy overbearing pompous presumptuous pretentious puffed up self-important snobbish snooty stuck-up swaggering vain

NOUN

vainglory

Synonyms

STRONG

arrogance boastfulness bragging cockiness conceit condescension egoism egotism haughtiness huff overconfidence patronage presumption pretension self-importance smugness snobbery swagger vanity

WEAK

big-headedness swelled head

Antonyms

STRONG

humility meekness modesty truth

Example Sentences

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The school drew parents like therapist Kavita Ramani and her computer-engineer husband, who delighted at the sight of their bright first-grader strutting with joy after a day at Tessellations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

New Yorkers can’t get enough of the strutting woodcock.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

On the strutting, guitar-driven Somebody To You, she waves goodbye to a suffocating relationship and asks: "Who am I when I'm out of your sight?"

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

You’ll want to see her in more projects, along with appreciating Garcelle Beauvais’ strutting performance as “Burning Heart” author Diana Gordon.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023

They knew that the strutting rat in armor was not Cluny the Scourge.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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