What is another word for highfalutin?
289 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ hˈa͡ɪfɐlˌuːtɪn], [ hˈaɪfɐlˌuːtɪn], [ h_ˈaɪ_f_ɐ_l_ˌuː_t_ɪ_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for highfalutin:Synonyms for Highfalutin:
adj.
•august (adjective)- resplendent,
- majestic,
- high-minded,
- glorious,
- superb,
- highfalutin',
- eminent,
- monumental,
- magnificent,
- exalted,
- imposing,
- brilliant,
- baronial,
- grand,
- stately,
- high-ranking,
- impressive,
- venerable,
- honorable,
- regal.
- overblown,
- verbose,
- aureate,
- flowery,
- windy,
- histrionic,
- balderdash,
- turgid,
- windbag,
- swollen,
- rhetorical,
- orotund,
- rhapsodic,
- magniloquent,
- inflated,
- stuffed shirt,
- declamatory,
- sonorous,
- ranting,
- wordy,
- tumid.
- great,
- respected,
- decorous,
- refined,
- somber,
- grave,
- august,
- highbrow,
- magisterial,
- formal,
- courtly,
- upright,
- aristocratic,
- distinguished,
- solemn,
- noble,
- imperial,
- reserved.
- ambitious,
- overwhelming,
- vast,
- splashy,
- high-falutin',
- unfathomable,
- cosmic,
- showy,
- flamboyant,
- royal.
n.
Other synonyms:
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- puffed-up.
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- affected.
- laboured,
- belittling,
- labyrinthine,
- vaunt,
- fussy,
- unsocial,
- boasting,
- distant,
- gassy,
- sneering,
- exaggeration,
- spread eagle,
- braggart,
- long-winded,
- removed,
- lavish,
- derisive,
- detached,
- bravado,
- convoluted,
- chesty,
- baggy,
- inaccessible,
- stiff-necked,
- sesquipedalian,
- bluff,
- swelled-headed,
- dictatorial,
- meretricious,
- overwrought,
- olympian,
- aloof,
- lah-di-dah,
- standoffish,
- boast,
- rhapsody,
- posed,
- crake,
- tortuous,
- Ossianic,
- elevated,
- hypocritical,
- hot air,
- putting on airs,
- Tony,
- Puffery,
- Vaunting,
- bedizened,
- fulsome,
- bunk,
- contrived,
- sensationalistic,
- domineering,
- upstage,
- swollen-headed,
- Gasconading,
- heroics,
- rhetoric,
- dogmatic,
- uppish,
- frilly,
- flaming,
- Big-sounding,
- jactitation,
- wilful,
- tall,
- oratorical,
- soi-disant,
- remote,
- prolix,
- uncongenial,
- Fanfaronade,
- gasconade,
- despotic,
- gas,
- arbitrary,
- garish,
- overambitious,
- fish story,
- pretense,
- exhibitionist,
- Jactancy,
- prideful,
- Hyperbolical,
- gingerbread,
- sensational,
- flashy,
- repressive,
- insolent,
- Blague,
- over-dramatic,
- pedantic,
- flash,
- withdrawn,
- la-de-da,
- rant,
- gobbledygook,
- flatulent,
- cool,
- flossy,
- fandangle,
- extravagant,
- big talk,
- flourish,
- peremptory,
- autocratic,
- classy,
- bounce,
- high hat,
- artificial,
- Inkhorn,
- pushy,
- unsociable,
- assertive,
- contumelious,
- self-asserting,
- scornful,
- unnatural,
- unapproachable,
- buncombe,
- arabesque,
- mannered,
- complacent,
- rodomontade,
- purse-proud,
- bullshit,
- fine talk,
- authoritarian,
- high-toned,
- jeering,
- lurid,
- pseudo,
- Lexiphanic,
- bossy,
- toplofty,
- Braggardism,
- hyperbolic,
- brag,
- High-swelling,
- busy,
- insincere,
- huffy,
- Lexiphanicism,
- bombast,
- bullying,
- airy,
- Exaggerative,
- high-flying,
- unfriendly,
- overelaborate,
- magniloquence,
- Venditation,
- pretensions,
- melodramatic,
- bunkum,
- tall talk,
- mocking,
- overdone,
- tall story,
- gaudy,
- tyrannical,
- insulting,
- vaporing,
- stiff,
- frosty,
- puff,
- snippy,
- teratology,
- stilted.