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Antonyms for vain
veɪnvain
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Wiktionary
vainadjective
overly proud of oneself, especially when concerning appearance
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fruitless, futile, pointless, ineffectualvainadjective
having very little substance
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ineffectual, pointless, fruitless, futilevainadjective
effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
Synonyms:
fruitless, ineffectual, futile, pointless
English Synonyms and Antonyms
vain
Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.
Compare synonyms for UTILITY.
Antonyms:
adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthySynonyms:
abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vapid, visionary, worthless
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
vain
Antonyms:
solid, substantial, sound, worthy, efficient, effectual, cogent, potent, unconceited, modest, realSynonyms:
empty, worthless, fruitless, unsatisfying, unavailing, idle, ineffectual, egotistic, showy, unreal, conceited, arrogant
Princeton's WordNet
conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vainadjective
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
"a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
Antonyms:
humble, productiveSynonyms:
bootless, narcissistic, fruitless, swollen, self-loving, egotistic, swollen-headed, conceited, futile, sleeveless, egotistical, self-conceitedbootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vainadjective
unproductive of success
"a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
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productive, humbleSynonyms:
unavailing, otiose, self-conceited, fruitless, egotistic, conceited, swollen-headed, futile, swollen, bootless, ineffectual, egotistical, sleeveless
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
vainadjective
Synonyms:
conceited, arrogant, egotistical, overweening, vainglorious, nugatory, fruitless, ineffectual, frustrate, unavailing, bootless, futile, abortive, ineffective, empty, delusive, chimerical, unsatisfying, unsubstantial, deceitful
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
VAIN
Synonyms:
Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasiaVAIN
Synonyms:
Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia
Editors Contribution
modest
having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth.
Submitted by acronimous on May 6, 2018
How to use vain in a sentence?
Otto did not die in vain.
I've never been to a beauty shop and I've never been vain.
We are broken-hearted, but we are not broken. We are alive, we are together, we are determined to not let anyone divide us, to the families of the victims, your loved ones did not die in vain. Their blood has watered the seeds of hope.
The events of 7/7 do seem to have slipped out of public consciousness, it's worth remembering an event like 7/7 and learning lessons from it so that it didn't happen in vain.
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
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#803 | sound | |
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#1442 | valid | |
#2159 | solid | |
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#3614 | sufficient | |
#4080 | valuable | |
#4434 | substantial | |
#4555 | adequate | |
#7883 | beneficial | |
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#8085 | worthy | |
#9018 | competent | |
#10026 | modest | |
#10437 | profitable | |
#12155 | humble | |
#15642 | potent | |
#15690 | vain | |
#23212 | advantageous | |
#34267 | expedient | |
#42333 | cogent | |
#44203 | serviceable | |
#70091 | effectual |
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