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Synonyms of presumptuous

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Another word for presumptuous is arrogant. Other synonyms of presumptuous are vain, cocky, pompous, haughty and bombastic.

Synonyms and similar words for presumptuous

adjectiveMaking unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive...

  • forwardWithout customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
  • overconfidentPresumptuous, cocksure, rude, and disrespectful.
  • presumingConfidently or arrogantly overstepping reasonable bounds.
  • presumptiveSynonym of presumptuous (“making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive...
  • 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-hat colloquialDisdainful; haughty.
  • 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.
  • pretentious
  • priggishLike a prig.
  • puffed upProud, presumptuous.
  • 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.

Meaning of presumptuous

  1. adjective Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding appropriate or rightful limits.

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Questions about synonyms of presumptuous

What is another word for presumptuous?
Presumptuous has 70 synonyms on Word.ws, such as arrogant, vain, cocky, pompous, haughty, bombastic, sanctimonious and uppity.
What does presumptuous mean?
Presumptuous means making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding appropriate or rightful limits.

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