conceit

Other forms of conceit

plural

conceits·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about conceit

What does conceit mean?

conceit means "feelings of excessive pride". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conceit?

conceit has 2 syllables: con-ceit. The stress falls on "ceit". In IPA it is /kənˈsit/.

What is another word for conceit?

Close synonyms include amour propre, self-love, vanity, conceitedness, vanity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of conceit?

The recorded antonyms are humility.

Is conceit a common word?

conceit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with conceit?

5 words rhyme with conceit. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.