vanity

Other forms of vanity

plural

vanities·

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 vanity

What does vanity mean?

vanity means "feelings of excessive pride". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vanity?

vanity has 3 syllables: van-i-ty. The stress falls on "van". In IPA it is /ˈvænəti/.

What is another word for vanity?

Close synonyms include amour propre, conceit, self-love, emptiness, conceit. 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 vanity a common word?

vanity 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.