aggrandiser
One who exalts
One who aggrandises—increases the power, status, or wealth of someone or something.
The word usually carries negative connotations of excessive ambition or self-promotion: a shameless self-aggrandiser.
Also spelled aggrandizer.
Excessively self-centered
- narcissisticObsessed with one's image
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
braggart · self-important · pompous · vainglorious · showboater · attention-seeker · name-dropper · self-congratulatory
Crafty, deceitful planner
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
- craftyCleverly deceptive
exploitative · opportunist · climber · social climber · operator · maneuverer · strategist · careerist
Overstate beyond truth
- embellishAdd decorative elements
- overstateRepresent as greater
- inflateFill with gas
- amplifyIncrease in strength
magnify · hyperbolize · overemphasize · overplay · dramatize · overdraw · puff up · enlarge
Seeking to achieve
- drivenIntensely determined to achieve
- enterprisingShowing initiative and drive
- status-seekingPursuing higher position
- upwardly mobileRising in social class
go-getter · overreacher · striver · power-hungry · achiever
egotistical
Excessively self-centered
- narcissisticObsessed with one's image
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
boastful · braggart · self-important · pompous · vainglorious · showboater · attention-seeker · name-dropper · self-congratulatory · swaggering
schemer
Crafty, deceitful planner
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
crafty · exploitative · opportunist · climber · social climber · operator · maneuverer · strategist · careerist · flatterer
exaggerate
Overstate beyond truth
amplify · magnify · hyperbolize · overemphasize · overplay · dramatize · overdraw · puff up · enlarge · embroiderer
aspiring
Seeking to achieve
- drivenIntensely determined to achieve
- enterprisingShowing initiative and drive
- status-seekingPursuing higher position
upwardly mobile · go-getter · overreacher · striver · power-hungry · achiever
aggrandiserdiminisher
One that makes smaller
belittler · denigrator · detractor · disparager · deprecator
aggrandisement, aggrandised, aggrandises, aggrandising, aggrandisements