proud of

1. 1.

   feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth

   “proud of their child”

   Synonymspleased

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Questions about proud of

What does proud of mean?

proud of means "feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth".

What is another word for proud of?

Close synonyms include pleased. 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 proud of a common word?

proud of 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.