Synonyms of bumptious

bumptious

adjective

ˈbəm(p)-shəs 

as in arrogant

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude

a bumptious young man whose family wealth gave him a sense of entitlement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• cavalier
• supercilious
• superior
• domineering
• haughty
• uppity
• important
• sniffy
• pretentious
• high-and-mighty
• pompous
• smug
• hifalutin
• dominant
• assumptive
• uppish
• imperious
• high-handed
• huffy
• chesty
• masterful
• presumptuous
• high-hat
• authoritarian
• self-assertive
• dominating
• peremptory
• overweening
• proud
• highfalutin
• presuming
• impudent
• patronizing
• lordly
• lofty
• self-asserting
• huffish
• condescending
• bossy
• stiff-necked
• boastful
• saucy
• toplofty
• bombastic
• snobbish
• egotistical
• toploftical
• vainglorious
• disdainful
• swaggering
• snooty
• blusterous
• pontifical
• snobby
• magisterial
• cocky
• narcissistic
• egocentric
• hubristic
• conceited
• impertinent
• egoistical
• vain
• blustery
• egotistic
• complacent
• uninhibited
• pontificating
• self-satisfied
• braggart
• egoistic
• self-complacent
• prideful
• stuck-up
• brash
• immodest
• extraverted
• self-centered
• braggy
• self-conceited
• extroverted
• bragging
• unreserved
• self-promoting
• self-flattering
• self-affected
• self-loving
• self-applauding
• self-pleased
• forward
• orgulous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• lowly
• timid
• unpretentious
• bashful
• diffident
• subdued
• shy
• sheepish
• introverted
• passive
• shrinking
• mousy
• demure
• meek
• unassuming
• deferential
• unobtrusive
• unassertive
• acquiescent
• submissive
• compliant
• unaggressive
• unarrogant
• quiet
• yielding
• mousey
• cringing
• self-doubting
• self-critical
• cowering
• reserved
• retiring
• overmodest

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of bumptious

Despite lines that are initially chatty and chirpy, Corden shows how bumptious his character really is. —David Benedict, Variety, 26 June 2024

Although not always directly correlated with being bumptious and arrogant, performing at a higher standard than others, and having something to show for it, will always garner attention. —Clare French, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2024

Which is not to imply that the six-year-old, with quite a bumptious career behind him, is of Secretariat's muster. —Guy Martin, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024

The story is a familiar one — a young immigrant fetches up in New York to seek his fortune, only to be buffeted by a bumptious city and cut to the quick by its competitive edge — but Torres reshapes it into something simultaneously more fantastical and far more real. —Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024

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