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Proud

🔄 Synonyms of "Proud"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
conceited	Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
arrogant	Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
gratifying	Pleasing, satisfying.
glorious	Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory.
haughty	Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
supercilious	Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.
illustrious	Admired, distinguished, respected, or well-known.
impressive	Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress.
vainglorious	Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
loftynoun	High, tall, having great height or stature.
pleased	Happy, content.
disdainful	Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
bignoun	Of great size, large.
egotistical	Tending to talk excessively about oneself.
redoubtablenoun	(in a positive sense, sometimes humorous) Eliciting respect; awe-inspiring, imposing.
dignified	Having an attitude or bearing that connotes respectability and poise.
beamingnoun	Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion.
prideful	Full of pride.
self-aggrandizing	Boastful; intended to make oneself seem more important.
majestic	Having qualities of splendor or royalty.
swaggeringnoun	Boastful, proud, self-confident.
sniffy	Characterised by sniffing.
cock-a-hoop	Exultant, very happy, triumphant.
chesty	(of a woman) Having large breasts; busty.
self-important	Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.

↔️ Antonyms of "Proud"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
humbleverb	Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Proud"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
purse-proud	Haughty in the possession of riches.
prideful	Full of pride.
self-aggrandizing	Boastful; intended to make oneself seem more important.
haughty	Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
gratifying	Pleasing, satisfying.
gallant	Brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.
conceited	Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
pleasedverb	Happy, content.
supercilious	Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.
self-important	Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
arrogant	Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
vainglorious	Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
self-conceited	Having self-conceit; vain; having a high or overweening opinion of one's own person or merits.
vain	Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
snooty	Haughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.
stuck-up	Alternative spelling of stuck up. [(idiomatic) Snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others, usually because of abundant success; haughty; arrogant or egotistical.]
overproud	Excessively proud.
swaggering	Boastful, proud, self-confident.
boastful	Tending to boast or brag.
braggingnoun	The act of one who brags.