CONCEIT


Meaning of CONCEIT in English

I. conceit noun

1.

Synonyms: idea , apprehension, concept, conception, image, impression, intellection, notion, perception, thought

2.

an attitude of regarding oneself with favor

his constant boasting was an indication of conceit

Synonyms: amour propre, complacence, complacency, conceitedness, consequence, egoism, egotism, narcissism, outrecuidance, pride, self-admiration, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-consequence, self-esteem, self-exaltation, self-glory, self-importance, self-love, self-opinion, self-pride, swelled head, swellheadedness, vainglory, vainness, vanity

Related Word: assurance, pomposity, self-partiality, smugness, stuffiness

Contrasted words: humbleness, humility, self-depreciation, unpretentiousness

Antonyms: modesty

3.

Synonyms: caprice , bee, boutade, crotchet, fancy, freak, humor, megrim, vagary, whim

II. ||conceit verb

Synonyms: understand 3, assume, believe, conceive, expect, gather, imagine, ||reckon, suppose, think

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