Synonyms for conceit
kənˈsitcon·ceit

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1. conceit

   Egoism is giving the "I" undue supremacy in thought; egotism is giving the "I" undue prominence in speech. Egotism is sometimes used in the sense of egoism, or supreme regard for oneself. Self-assertion is the claim by word, act, or manner of what one believes to be his due; self-conceit is an overestimate of one's own powers or deserts. Conceit is a briefer expression for self-conceit, with always an offensive implication; self-conceit is ridiculous or pitiable; conceit arouses resentment. There is a worthy self-confidence which springs from consciousness of rectitude and of power equal to demands. Self-assertion at times becomes a duty; but self-conceit is always a weakness. Self-consciousness is the keeping of one's thoughts upon oneself, with the constant anxious question of what others will think. Vanity is an overweening admiration of self, craving equal admiration from others; self-consciousness is commonly painful to its possessor, vanity always a source of satisfaction, except as it fails to receive its supposed due. Self-esteem is more solid and better founded than self-conceit; but is ordinarily a weakness, and never has the worthy sense of self-confidence. Compare ASSURANCE; PRIDE.

   Synonyms:
   egoism, egotism, self-assertion, self-conceit, self-confidence, self-consciousness, self-esteem, vanity

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, deference, diffidence, humility, modesty, self-distrust, self-forgetfulness, shyness, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness

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1. conceit

   Synonyms:
   idea, notion, thought, affectation, vanity, abstraction, imagination, conception, whim, vagary, egotism

   Antonyms:
   substance, reality, verity, concretion, body, fact, naturalness, simplicity, unaffectedness, humility

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1. amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanitynoun

   feelings of excessive pride

   Synonyms:
   narcism, toilet table, vanity, dressing table, narcissism, self-love, amour propre, conceitedness, emptiness, dresser

   Antonyms:
   humility, humbleness

2. conceitnoun

   an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things

   Synonyms:
   conceitedness, self-love, vanity, amour propre

   Antonyms:
   humility, humbleness

3. conceitnoun

   a witty or ingenious turn of phrase

   "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"

   Synonyms:
   conceitedness, self-love, vanity, amour propre

   Antonyms:
   humbleness, humility

4. conceitnoun

   an artistic device or effect

   "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"

   Synonyms:
   conceitedness, self-love, vanity, amour propre

   Antonyms:
   humbleness, humility

5. conceit, conceitedness, vanitynoun

   the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride

   Synonyms:
   dressing table, toilet table, vanity, self-love, amour propre, conceitedness, emptiness, dresser

   Antonyms:
   humility, humbleness

Matched Categories

1. • Device
   • Pride
   • Trope
   • Turn Of Phrase

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conceitnoun

   Synonyms:
   conception, image, notion, thought, fancy, imagination, idea, belief

2. conceitnoun

   Synonyms:
   whim, vagary, illusion, freak of fancy

3. conceitnoun

   Synonyms:
   opinion, estimate, estimation, judgment, impression

4. conceitnoun

   Synonyms:
   vanity, conceitedness, egotism, bumptiousness, self-conceit, self-complacency, self-esteem, self-sufficiency, priggery

5. conceitnoun

   Synonyms:
   quip, quirk, point, odd thought, odd turn, affected witticism

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conceitnoun

   Synonyms:
   idea, conception, fancy, whim, caprice, vagary, freak, priggery, vanity, egotism, self-conceit, inflation, self-glorification, overweening, conceitedness

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1. List of paraphrases for "conceit":

   vanity, arrogance, presumption

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1. Ahad HaAm:

   The less their ability, the more their conceit.

2. La Rochefoucauld:

   Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

3. Aesop:

   Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

4. Christen Kuikoua:

   He who believes himself wiser than God has barely embarked on the journey to understand the virtue of Wisdom. The fool, in his arrogance, deems himself too clever, and yet God maintains a silent laughter at the folly of such conceit. True wisdom lies in humble acknowledgment, for in humility, one opens the door to the profound lessons that God's silent laughter imparts.

5. John Dewey:

   The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a pet notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.