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Antonyms for conceit
kənˈsitcon·ceit

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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.

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. conceit

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

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

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

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

    feelings of excessive pride

    Antonyms:
    humility, humbleness

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

  2. conceitnoun

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

    Antonyms:
    humility, humbleness

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

  3. conceitnoun

    a witty or ingenious turn of phrase

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

    Antonyms:
    humbleness, humility

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

  4. conceitnoun

    an artistic device or effect

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

    Antonyms:
    humbleness, humility

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

  5. conceit, conceitedness, vanitynoun

    the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride

    Antonyms:
    humility, humbleness

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. conceitnoun

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

How to use conceit in a sentence?

  1. Dejan Stojanovic:

    We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit.

  2. Aesop:

    The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

  3. Aesop:

    Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

  4. Author Unknown:

    Nature abhors a vacuum. When a head lacks brains, nature fills it with conceit.

  5. Bhartrihari:

    Blinded by self-conceit and knowing nothing, Like elephant infatuate with passion, I thought within myself, I all things knew; But when by slow degrees I somewhat learnt By aid of wise preceptors, my conceit, Like some disease, passed off; and now I live In the plain sense of what a fool I am.

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