What does megalomaniac mean?
Megalomaniac means One affected with or exhibiting megalomania..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ˌmɛɡəloʊˈmeɪniæk/ · noun
One affected with or exhibiting megalomania..
'Well, I don't know him well enough yet to say, but I will admit that if he is not a mere bullying megalomaniac, and if what he says is true, then he certainly is in a class by himself.'
Often, for good measure, Hitler is given as an example of a megalomaniac person. So, for our convenience, Hitler personifies the illness called megalomania[…]
Use megalomaniac when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Megalomaniac means One affected with or exhibiting megalomania..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
'Well, I don't know him well enough yet to say, but I will admit that if he is not a mere bullying megalomaniac, and if what he says is true, then he certainly is in a class by himself.'
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.