bigheadedness
Excessive self-regard
Bigheadedness is an inflated sense of one's own importance or abilities—the quality of being conceited or arrogant.
The word carries a mildly humorous tone, suggesting someone whose ego has swelled their head: His recent success has led to some serious bigheadedness.
Less formal than arrogance, more pointed than confidence.
Excessively proud or futile
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- self-lovePrioritizing your own worth
- preeningGrooming with vanity
self-absorbed · smugness · self-satisfaction · self-congratulatory · self-regard · vanity · self-worship · self-glorification
Affectedly grand in manner
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
domineering · condescending · patronizing · high-handed · lordly · disdainful · contemptuous · snobbish
Unjustified certainty in oneself
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- presumptuousnessExcessive forwardness or boldness
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- overreachingExceeding proper limits
downfall · nemesis · recklessness · blindness · folly · comeuppance · overestimation · audacity
Excessive self-praise
- braggartOne who flaunts achievements
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
- swaggeringOstentatiously self-assured manner
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
cocky · boastful · showoff · blowhard · windbag · grandstanding · self-promotion · chest-thumping
vain
Excessively proud or futile
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- self-lovePrioritizing your own worth
preening · self-absorbed · smugness · self-satisfaction · self-congratulatory · self-regard · vanity · self-worship · self-glorification · egocentric
pompous
Affectedly grand in manner
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
overbearing · domineering · condescending · patronizing · high-handed · lordly · disdainful · contemptuous · snobbish · dismissive
overconfidence
Unjustified certainty in oneself
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- presumptuousnessExcessive forwardness or boldness
- presumptionBelief held without proof
overreaching · downfall · nemesis · recklessness · blindness · folly · comeuppance · overestimation · audacity · immodesty
bragging
Excessive self-praise
- braggartOne who flaunts achievements
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
- swaggeringOstentatiously self-assured manner
swagger · cocky · boastful · showoff · blowhard · windbag · grandstanding · self-promotion · chest-thumping · gloating
bigheadednesshumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · humbleness · self-deprecation · unpretentiousness · self-effacement
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