conceited

1. 1.

   characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

   “a conceited fool”

   “an attitude of self-conceited arrogance”

   “an egotistical disregard of others”

   “so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty”

   “growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary”

   “vain about her clothes”

   Synonymsegotisticegotisticalself-conceitedswollenswollen-headedvain

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Questions about conceited

What does conceited mean?

conceited means "characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance".

How many syllables are in conceited?

conceited has 3 syllables: con-cei-ted. The stress falls on "cei". In IPA it is /kənˈsitəd/.

What is another word for conceited?

Close synonyms include egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed. 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.

Is conceited a common word?

conceited is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.