self-important
Puffed up inside
Self-important describes someone with an inflated sense of their own significance or status.
A self-important person acts as though their time, opinions, and concerns matter more than others': He strode past the line with a self-important air.
The word carries dismissive connotations—genuinely important people rarely seem self-important.
Disdainfully proud
- smugExcessively self-satisfied
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
disdainful · condescending · patronizing · contemptuous · snobbish · lordly · high-and-mighty · overweening
Affectedly grand in manner
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
highfalutin · pontifical · portentous · magisterial · bloated · puffed-up · windbag · stuffed-shirt
Obsessed with one's image
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
- entitledHaving rightful claim
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
Given to self-praise
- braggartOne who flaunts achievements
- swaggeringOstentatiously self-assured manner
- vaingloriousBoastfully proud, ostentatiously so
- cockyExcessively self-assured
show-off · bragging · blowhard · strutting · preening · chest-thumping · peacocking · big-headed
Overstepping appropriate boundaries
- overconfidentExcessively sure of oneself
- bumptiousOffensively self-assertive
- uppityArrogantly self-important
- high-handedDomineering without regard for others
domineering · pushy · forward · audacious · brash · bold · impertinent · overstepping
haughty
Disdainfully proud
- smugExcessively self-satisfied
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
imperious · disdainful · condescending · patronizing · contemptuous · snobbish · lordly · high-and-mighty · overweening · aloof
pompous
Affectedly grand in manner
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
grandiose · highfalutin · pontifical · portentous · magisterial · bloated · puffed-up · windbag · stuffed-shirt · ceremonious
narcissistic
Obsessed with one's image
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
- entitledHaving rightful claim
boastful
Given to self-praise
- braggartOne who flaunts achievements
- swaggeringOstentatiously self-assured manner
- vaingloriousBoastfully proud, ostentatiously so
cocky · show-off · bragging · blowhard · strutting · preening · chest-thumping · peacocking · big-headed · swollen-headed
presumptuous
Overstepping appropriate boundaries
- overconfidentExcessively sure of oneself
- bumptiousOffensively self-assertive
- uppityArrogantly self-important
high-handed · domineering · pushy · forward · audacious · brash · bold · impertinent · overstepping · assuming
- arrogancearrogant, conceited, pompous, vain, haughty
- egotismarrogant, conceited, egocentric, egomaniac, egotist
- pretentiousnesspretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, pompous, pomposity
- condescendingpatronizing, disdainful, scornful, dismissive, belittling
self-importanthumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · unassuming · self-effacing · unpretentious · egoless
self, important, selfish, import, importance, unimportant, selfless, importantly, unimportance