Synonyms for Highfaluting:

• adj.

  •ostentatious (adjective)
  • classy,
  • garish,
  • ostentatious,
  • theatrical,
  • spectacular,
  • crass,
  • flatulent,
  • extravagant,
  • sporty,
  • conspicuous,
  • obtrusive,
  • dashing,
  • fussy,
  • gay,
  • jaunty,
  • peacocky,
  • Tony,
  • glittery,
  • gaudy,
  • vulgar,
  • tinsel,
  • uptown,
  • loud,
  • flamboyant,
  • swank,
  • Flaunted,
  • egotistic,
  • splashy,
  • swanky,
  • vain,
  • splurgy,
  • boastful,
  • exhibitionistic.
  •pompous (adjective)
  • magniloquent,
  • important,
  • inflated,
  • overblown,
  • conceited,
  • overbearing,
  • stuck-up,
  • high and mighty,
  • uppity,
  • sonorous,
  • magisterial,
  • affected,
  • flowery,
  • high-flown,
  • showy,
  • rhetorical,
  • supercilious,
  • presumptuous,
  • vainglorious,
  • narcissistic,
  • bloated,
  • windy,
  • orotund,
  • pontifical,
  • fustian,
  • imperious,
  • Flaunting,
  • turgid,
  • selfish.
  •pretentious (adjective)
  • high-sounding,
  • specious,
  • feigned,
  • flashy,
  • utopian,
  • hollow,
  • put-on,
  • too-too,
  • mincing,
  • imposing,
  • lofty,
  • jazzy,
  • arty,
  • assuming,
  • aureate,
  • exaggerated,
  • big,
  • Euphuistic,
  • overambitious,
  • ornate,
  • tumid.
  •stately (adjective)
  • haughty,
  • elegant,
  • monumental,
  • high-minded,
  • gallant,
  • ceremonious,
  • elevated,
  • kingly,
  • high,
  • portly,
  • sumptuous,
  • towering,
  • large,
  • stiff,
  • noble,
  • deliberate,
  • ceremonial,
  • proud,
  • regal,
  • imperial,
  • superb,
  • formal,
  • measured,
  • palatial,
  • grand,
  • massive,
  • magnificent,
  • gracious,
  • courtly,
  • majestic,
  • opulent,
  • royal,
  • solemn,
  • august,
  • luxurious,
  • conventional.

• n.

  •highfaluting (noun)
  • pretentious.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • portentous,
  • posed,
  • puffy,
  • queenly,
  • self-centered,
  • self-conscious,
  • self-important,
  • puffed up,
  • campy,
  • mannered,
  • pompous,
  • stately,
  • queenliest,
  • artsy,
  • puffed-up,
  • airish,
  • campier,
  • campiest,
  • stuck up.
  •n.
  • bombast,
  • bombastic,
  • grandiloquent,
  • grandiose,
  • hifalutin,
  • highfalutin,
  • hoity-toity,
  • la-di-da.

Antonyms for Highfaluting:

• adj.

  • mannered
    natural, unpretentious.
  • ostentatious
    modest, quiet, calm, moderate, tasteful, plain, reserved.
  • pompous
    unselfish, humble, dull, unassuming, simple, kind.
  • pretentious
    honest, unconceited, genuine.
  • stately
    poor, unimportant, little, bad, tiny, small, insignificant, informal, unstately, common, ignoble, unimpressive, ordinary, ugly, mean, undignified, minor.

Highfaluting Sentence Examples:

• He's got to give up this highfaluting nonsense of his if he expects me to support him.

• His language in those telegrams and letters was highfaluting and bombastic.