Self-important
Self-important adjective - Having too high an opinion of oneself.
Usage example: a self-important businessman who believed his schedule mattered more than anyone else's
Vain is a synonym for self-important in conceited topic. In some cases you can use "Vain" instead an adjective phrase "Self-important".
Vain
Vain adjective - Having too high an opinion of oneself.
Usage example: a man so vain that he spent hours admiring himself in the mirror
Self-important is a synonym for vain in egotistical topic. You can use "Self-important" instead an adjective "Vain".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- overbearing and self-important
- overbearing and vain
- haughty and self-important
- haughty and vain
- pompous and self-important
- pompous and vain
- arrogant and self-important
- arrogant and vain
- conceited and self-important
- conceited and vain
- egotistic and self-important
- egotistic and vain
- proud and self-important
- proud and vain
Both words in one sentence
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Gilles de Geus: Admiral Lumeij is a vain, self-important man of short size, always trying to get himself noticed.
Source: The Napoleon -
Sebastian the crab (The Little Mermaid), Lumière (Beauty and the Beast), Timon the meerkat (The Lion King), Mushu the dragon (Mulan) and Naveen the frog (The Princess and The Frog) are all vain, self-important small beings or animals who brag a lot, but are basically buffoons.
Source: Expy / Western Animation
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