Synonyms of high-and-mighty

high-and-mighty

adjective

ˈhī-ən(d)-ˈmī-tē 

as in arrogant

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

a boss so high-and-mighty that no one could reason with him about anything

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of high-and-mighty

That sweet spot between professionalism, entertainment and high-and-mighty disapproval? — Phil Hay, New York Times, 19 June 2025

Lots of high-and-mighty people populate Tyrrell’s recollections. — John Fund, National Review, 26 Nov. 2023