Synonyms for Highflown:

• adj.

  •bombastic (adjective)
  • rhetorical,
  • ranting,
  • sonorous,
  • windbag,
  • verbose,
  • orotund,
  • highfalutin,
  • fustian,
  • histrionic,
  • overblown,
  • tumid,
  • rhapsodic,
  • declamatory,
  • ostentatious,
  • wordy,
  • windy,
  • big-talking,
  • flowery,
  • loudmouthed,
  • aureate,
  • swollen,
  • balderdash,
  • Euphuistic,
  • stuffed shirt,
  • full of hot air,
  • high-flown.
  •elevated (adjective)
  • grand,
  • animated,
  • eloquent,
  • eminent,
  • exalted,
  • upstanding,
  • big-time,
  • righteous,
  • heavy,
  • bright,
  • noble,
  • high,
  • formal,
  • upright,
  • exhilarated,
  • sublime,
  • honorable,
  • elated,
  • superb,
  • ethical,
  • lofty,
  • virtuous,
  • stately,
  • high-minded.
  •florid (adjective)
  • flamboyant,
  • rich,
  • ornate,
  • busy,
  • baroque,
  • fussy,
  • figurative,
  • ornamented,
  • luscious,
  • garnished,
  • ornamental,
  • decorative,
  • embellished.
  •flowery (adjective)
  • florid,
  • overwrought,
  • redundant,
  • euphemistic,
  • fancy,
  • prolix,
  • rococo,
  • diffuse,
  • purple.
  •grandiloquent (adjective)
  • tall-talking,
  • euphistic,
  • pompous,
  • oratorical.
  •grandiose (adjective)
  • impressive,
  • egotistic,
  • cosmic,
  • affected,
  • magnificent,
  • splashy,
  • overwhelming,
  • unfathomable,
  • ambitious,
  • august,
  • majestic,
  • monumental,
  • vast,
  • lordly,
  • high-falutin',
  • imposing,
  • royal.
  •heroic (adjective)
  • gallant,
  • courageous,
  • bold,
  • doughty,
  • dauntless,
  • fearless,
  • valiant,
  • stouthearted,
  • valorous,
  • elevated,
  • unafraid,
  • mythological,
  • Gutty,
  • fire-eating,
  • stand tall,
  • Impavid,
  • gritty,
  • intrepid,
  • gutsy,
  • epic,
  • classic,
  • daring,
  • undaunted,
  • bigger than life,
  • Lion-hearted.
  •high-flown (adjective)
  • exaggerated,
  • elaborate,
  • extravagant,
  • showy,
  • turgid,
  • inflated.
  •high-sounding (adjective)
  • reverberating,
  • loud,
  • loud-voiced,
  • rotund,
  • ringing,
  • powerful,
  • thundering,
  • booming,
  • resounding,
  • full-voiced.
  •ideal (adjective)
  • notional,
  • abstract,
  • visionary,
  • unattainable,
  • chimerical,
  • imaginary,
  • fictitious,
  • dreamlike,
  • ivory-tower,
  • fanciful,
  • unreal,
  • theoretical,
  • utopian,
  • intellectual,
  • hypothetical,
  • transcendental,
  • unearthly,
  • mental,
  • out-of-reach,
  • mercurial,
  • quixotic,
  • in the clouds,
  • transcendent.
  •imaginative (adjective)
  • ingenious,
  • artistic,
  • clever,
  • dreamy,
  • fantastic,
  • blue-sky,
  • pie-in-the-sky,
  • productive,
  • inspired,
  • avant-garde,
  • poetical,
  • offbeat,
  • fictive,
  • way out,
  • fertile,
  • vivid,
  • originative,
  • brain wave,
  • whimsical,
  • enterprising,
  • poetic,
  • breaking ground,
  • romantic,
  • original.
  •metaphysical (adjective)
  • jesuitic,
  • recondite,
  • Discarnate,
  • unsubstantial,
  • Supermundane,
  • immaterial,
  • impalpable,
  • fundamental,
  • profound,
  • unphysical,
  • insubstantial,
  • Supramundane,
  • superhuman,
  • superior,
  • abstruse,
  • esoteric,
  • oversubtle,
  • nonmaterial,
  • preternatural,
  • spiritual,
  • deep,
  • ideal,
  • bodiless,
  • incorporeal,
  • eternal,
  • difficult,
  • universal,
  • nonphysical,
  • intangible,
  • numinous,
  • Unfleshly,
  • suprahuman,
  • supranatural,
  • supernatural,
  • philosophical,
  • mystical.
  •pompous (adjective)
  • overbearing,
  • conceited,
  • bloated,
  • imperious,
  • highfaluting,
  • narcissistic,
  • stuck-up,
  • self-centered,
  • supercilious,
  • important,
  • self-important,
  • puffy,
  • uppity,
  • high and mighty,
  • puffed up,
  • vain,
  • pontifical,
  • presumptuous,
  • portentous,
  • magisterial,
  • boastful,
  • flatulent,
  • selfish,
  • Flaunting,
  • vainglorious.
  •pretentious (adjective)
  • high-sounding,
  • conspicuous,
  • too-too,
  • big,
  • flashy,
  • jazzy,
  • hollow,
  • la-di-da,
  • overambitious,
  • stilted,
  • put-on,
  • mincing,
  • swank,
  • specious,
  • gaudy,
  • assuming,
  • chichi,
  • feigned,
  • arty.
  •puffed-up (adjective)
  • hoity-toity.
  •rhetorical (adjective)
  • silver-tongued,
  • fluent,
  • glib,
  • vocal,
  • tumescent,
  • hyperbolic,
  • voluble,
  • articulate,
  • overdone,
  • mouthy.
  •snobbish (adjective)
  • persnickety,
  • high-and-mighty,
  • haughty,
  • aloof,
  • sniffy,
  • Tony,
  • swanky,
  • snippy,
  • arrogant,
  • condescending,
  • snooty,
  • snotty,
  • putting on airs,
  • remote,
  • high-hat,
  • patronizing,
  • uppish.
  •stilted (adjective)
  • prim,
  • decorous,
  • labored,
  • unnatural,
  • forced,
  • pedantic,
  • wooden,
  • constrained,
  • genteel,
  • stiff,
  • angular.
  •uppish (adjective)
  • snobby,
  • elitist.
  •vaulting (adjective)
  • eager,
  • overweening,
  • opportunistic,
  • enthusiastic,
  • excessive.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • bombastic,
  • grandiloquent,
  • grandiose,
  • magniloquent,
  • pretentious.

Antonyms for Highflown:

• adj.

  • bombastic
    restrained, reserved, quiet, humble.
  • elevated
    dropped, inferior, unimportant, down, undignified, decreased, low, insignificant, dishonorable, base, lowly, poor, depressed, lessened, immoral, lowered.
  • florid
    pallid, undecorated, unornate, inelaborate, pale, white, natural, plain.
  • flowery
    unflowery, unembellished.
  • grandiloquent
    unpretentious, unadorned, simple.
  • grandiose
    small, calm, common, unassuming, trivial, moderate, unimposing, bad, modest, unimpressive.
  • heroic
    fearful, meek, shy, weak, afraid, timid, cowardly.
  • ideal
    incorrect, flawed, pragmatic, actual, wrong, practical, physical, material, problematic, imperfect, factual, real.
  • imaginative
    unimaginative, ordinary, realistic, unromantic, uninventive, reasonable, usual, dull, uncreative, unresourceful.
  • metaphysical
    concrete, substantial, solid, objective, obvious.
  • pompous
    unselfish, kind.
  • pretentious
    unconceited, honest, genuine.
  • rhetorical
    concise.
  • snobbish
    benevolent, accepting, friendly, sociable, welcoming, generous.
  • stilted
    true, relaxed.