Synonyms for pompous
61 synonyms for “pompous”, grouped by meaning. Dark green words mean nearly the same thing; light green ones are close in some uses.
Pompous as in “pretentious”
adjective: puffed up with vanity
- pretentious
- arrogant
- self-important
- presumptuous
- haughty
- snooty
- snobbish
- sanctimonious
- smug
- turgid
- cocky
- boastful
- overbearing
- conceited
- grandiose
- insolent
- inflated
- vain
- ostentatious
- overblown
- disdainful
- uppity
- egotistical
- snotty
- domineering
- bombastic
- supercilious
- overweening
- imperious
- grandiloquent
- flatulent
- tumid
- holier-than-thou
- high-hat
- stuffy
- stilted
- authoritarian
- ponderous
- airy
- glorious
- stout
- pedantic
- condescending
- pontifical
- high-handed
- upstage
- narcissistic
- self-assured
- priggish
- hoity-toity
- blustery
- lordly
- portentous
- overconfident
- vainglorious
- la-di-da
- magniloquent
- chesty
- uppish
- toplofty
Pompous as in “ceremonious”
adjective: characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
- ceremonious
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