Self-important

Quick meaning: Self-important is an adjective meaning Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.

Meaning

Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: self-entitled

The assistant manager was a self-important fellow who strutted about the office barking instructions.

But despite its plague of tunnels, the run-in on this route is of unusual interest to the locomotive enthusiast: besides the hordes of self-important saddle-tanks shunting in the extensive yards, there was at one time the chance of seeing those slender little North London engines, with their large outside cylinders and no visible storage place for coal, and also an occasional South Eastern locomotive sporting a lot of polished brass.

Synonyms for self-important

Depending on context, synonyms include conceited, haughty, pompous, hoity-toity, self-entitled, arrogant.

Antonyms for self-important

Common opposites include self-deprecating.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include arrogant, proud, chesty, egotistical, self-obsessed, self-absorbed.

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