egoist

Other forms of egoist

plural

egoists·

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 egoist

What does egoist mean?

egoist means "a conceited and self-centered person". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in egoist?

egoist has 2 syllables: e-goist. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for egoist?

Close synonyms include egotist, swellhead, egocentric. 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 egoist a common word?

egoist 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.