Vain synonyms
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Part of speech:
Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.
Having an unfavorable outcome:
Feeling or showing justifiable self-respect:
Relatively worthless or unimportant; trivial; insignificant
Empty or worthless; not real or meaningful
Trifling or unimportant
Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others:
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Ineffective; futile
The definition of haughty is an arrogant person.
Of little or no importance; insignificant; trifling
Not important; insignificant or petty.
Small in size or amount.
Being a period of time in which there is little or no activity:
Failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless:
Inclined to brag; boasting
Without benefit; useless
Without sleeves
Having self-conceit; vain; having a high or overweening opinion of one's own person or merits.
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Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended:
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
modest (antonym)
Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own abilities, accomplishments, or value:
possible (antonym)
Capable of happening, existing, or being true without contradicting proven facts, laws, or circumstances:
self-love (related)
Unduly preoccupied with one's own appearance
(Informal) Jauntily conceited or overbearing; self-confident in an aggressive or swaggering way
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Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
Having the nature of a delusion; false:
Of or like dogma; doctrinal
The definition of egocentric is self-centered and is someone who thinks only about himself or who thinks the world revolves around him.
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frustaneous
Trivial
Lacking in ability; incompetent or inadequate
Not effectual; not producing or not able to produce the desired effect
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The definition of nugatory is worthless or useless.
Offering unnecessary and unwanted advice or services; meddlesome, esp. in a highhanded or overbearing way
Intended to attract notice.
Excessive; immoderate:
(Archaic) Characterized by pomp or stately display:
Dogmatic; opinionated
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Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case:
proud-as-a-peacock
(Simile) Extremely proud.
stuckup
Trivial
Having little value or importance; trivial
Not availing; futile; ineffectual
Not providing satisfaction.
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Unreal; visionary
Characterized by or exhibiting vainglory:
Seeing or disposed to see visions
Self-esteem
The state or quality of being arrogant; overbearing pride.
The state or quality of being hollow
Showy display, as of wealth or knowledge; pretentiousness
otiosity
The quality of being pompous; ostentation; self-importance
Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities.
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Vanity is the quality of having too much pride one's appearance or accomplishments or a bathroom cabinet that has a mirror and a sink.
shy (antonym)
Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
Lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation:
Serving no useful purpose:
Having no purpose or reason; pointless; to no avail:
Empty of thought
Self-centered or selfish
Alternative spelling of big-headed.
Alternative spelling of stuck up.
Alternative form of swell-headed.
in-vain
thrive (related)
Having no useful result
used (related)
That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
full (related)
Complete in every particular:
foolish (related)
feeble (related)
carnal (related)
pious (related)
vainly (related)
vaine (related)
Having no hope; despairing:
Synonym Study
- Otiose applies to that which has no real purpose or function and is therefore useless or superfluous otiose remarks
- Empty and hollow are used of that which only appears to be genuine, sincere, worthwhile, etc. empty threats, hollow victories
- Idle refers to that which is baseless or worthless because it can never be realized idle hopes, idle talk
- Vain applies to that which has little or no real value, worth, or meaning vain studies, indulging in vain pleasures
Find another word for vain. In this page you can discover 91 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for vain, like: frivolous, unsuccessful, proud, petty, hollow, futile, arrogant, otiose, haughty, trivial and unimportant.