Synonyms of high-hat
93 similar words
Another word for high-hat is airy. Other synonyms of high-hat are arrogant, chesty, authoritarian, biggity and big-headed.
Synonyms and similar words for high-hat
adjectiveDisdainful; haughty.
- airy
- arrogantHaving excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
- chesty informal
- authoritarian
- biggityConceited, uppity.
- big-headed slang
- blustery
- turgescent formalBecoming turgid or swollen.
- boastfulTending to boast or brag.
- lordly
- bombasticShowy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous.
- cockyOverly confident; arrogant and boastful.
- conceited
- disdainfulShowing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
- domineeringOverbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.
- egotistical
- entitled
- flauntingThat flaunts; showy or gaudy.
- full of oneselfEgotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.
- grandiose
- hanktyOverbearing; pompous.
- haughtyConveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
- high-handedUsing power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.
- high and mighty
- highfalutin colloquialSelf-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
- hoity-toity colloquial
- holier-than-thouHypocritically or self-righteously pious; sanctimonious; smugly morally superior.
- hubristicOf or relating to hubris (“excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption”); hence, overly arrogant or proud, or...
- hubristicalHubristic.
- imperious
- inflated
- insolentRude.
- la-di-da
- ostentatious
- overbearingOverly bossy, domineering, arrogant, forceful, intense, or annoying.
- overweeningUnduly confident; (sometimes also) arrogant.
- pompousAffectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
- presumptuousMaking unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding...
- pretentious
- priggishLike a prig.
- puffed up
- sanctimoniousMaking a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
- self-importantHaving, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
- snobbish slangHaving the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
- snooty slangHaughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.
- snotty slang
- stout
- stuck up slang
- superciliousArrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.
- thrasonicThrasonical.
- thrasonicalBoastful, bragging, vainglorious.
- toplofticalHaughty, hoity-toity, superior.
- toploftySelf-important, haughty.
- tumid
- turgid
- uppish
- uppityPresumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.
- uppySynonym of uppity.
- upstageHaughty, aloof.
- vainOverly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with...
- buggish dialectal, obsoleteUppity.
- flatulent obsolete
- glorious obsoleteExcessively proud or boastful.
- haught obsoleteHaughty.
- haut obsolete
- orgulous archaic, literaryArrogant, haughty, proud.
nounA large pill of opium for smoking.
- aunti/aunti Emma
- big O
- chandu IndiaOpium prepared for smoking.
- Chinese tobacco
- dopium
- dream gun
- dream stick
- fi-do-nie
- gee
- God's medicineThe drug opium.
- gondola
- goric
- guma
- hop/hops
- midnight oil
- mud
- opeAn alley or narrow passage (an opening between houses, buildings, etc).
- pen yan
- pin gon
- pox
- skee
- toxy
- when-shee
- yen
- zeThe name of the Cyrillic script letter З / з.
- zero
- meconium obsolete
Meaning of high-hat
- adjective Disdainful; haughty.
- noun A person who acts in a superior manner.
- noun A large pill of opium for smoking.
Questions about synonyms of high-hat
- What is another word for high-hat?
- High-hat has 93 synonyms on Word.ws, such as airy, arrogant, chesty, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed, blustery and turgescent.
- What does high-hat mean?
- High-hat means disdainful; haughty.
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