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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance..
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.
Use self-important when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Self-important means Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance..
Common synonyms include conceited, haughty, pompous, hoity-toity.
Possible antonyms include self-deprecating.
Near-synonym: self-entitled
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