swaggering
Walking with arrogance
Swaggering describes a bold, arrogant manner of walking or behaving—chest out, shoulders back, projecting confidence that borders on cockiness.
The word suggests someone who wants to be noticed and admired: He came swaggering into the room like he owned the place.
Swaggering can be genuine self-assurance or compensatory bluster.
Trusting in oneself
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- aplombSelf-assured composure
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
self-possession · composure · fearlessness · bravura · panache · élan · chutzpah · moxie
Loud, empty boasting
- cockinessBrash overconfidence
- machismoExcessive masculine pride
- boastfulnessExcessive pride in oneself
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
grandstanding · braggadocio · showboating · puffery · chest-thumping · vainglory · intimidation · defiance
Proud, showy gait
- saunterRelaxed, aimless stride
- sashayWalk with showy confidence
- pranceStep high and proud
- strideExtended single footstep
prowl · lope · jaunt · amble · gait · walk · stroll · parade
Ruinous excessive confidence
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
smugness · self-importance · disdain · imperiousness · contemptuousness · snobbery · high-handedness · scornfulness
self-assured
Trusting in oneself
assurance · self-possession · composure · fearlessness · bravura · panache · élan · chutzpah · moxie · nerve
bluster
Loud, empty boasting
- cockinessBrash overconfidence
- machismoExcessive masculine pride
- boastfulnessExcessive pride in oneself
posturing · grandstanding · braggadocio · showboating · puffery · chest-thumping · vainglory · intimidation · defiance · brashness
strut
Proud, showy gait
stride · prowl · lope · jaunt · amble · gait · walk · stroll · parade · march
hubris
Ruinous excessive confidence
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
superciliousness · smugness · self-importance · disdain · imperiousness · contemptuousness · snobbery · high-handedness · scornfulness · condescension
dapper
Neatly and stylishly dressed
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
snazzy · sleek · debonair · natty · slick · suave · rakish · jaunty · stylish · polished
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- egotismarrogant, conceited, egocentric, egomaniac, egotist
- showboatingshowing off, bragging, boasting, grandstanding, posturing
- ways to walkmarching, prancing, strolling, striding, stomping
- showing offboasting, bragged, show off, bragging, boasted
- sore winner behaviorbragging, boasting, gloating, taunting, rubbing it in
swaggeringhumble
Unassuming about oneself
meek · modest · self-deprecating · unassuming · diffident
- swaggering confidenceShowy, boastful self-assurance