Definition for Overweening:

• That thinks too highly; conceited; vain.

Synonyms for Overweening:

• adj.

  •cocky/cocksure (adjective)
  • bumptious,
  • swaggering,
  • swollen-headed,
  • confident,
  • positive,
  • hubristic,
  • self-confident,
  • sure.
  •conceited (adjective)
  • narcissistic,
  • vainglorious,
  • self-important,
  • snotty,
  • gall,
  • cocky,
  • immodest.
  •egotistical (adjective)
  • vain.
  •forward (adjective)
  • brazen,
  • impudent,
  • Presuming,
  • pert,
  • assuming,
  • pushing,
  • Familiar,
  • bold,
  • self-assertive,
  • audacious.
  •imperious (adjective)
  • dictatorial,
  • peremptory,
  • domineering,
  • high-handed,
  • autocratic,
  • tyrannical,
  • despotic.

• n.

  •
  • lofty,
  • superior,
  • insolent,
  • patronizing,
  • proud.
  •overweening (noun)
  • unrestrained.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • egotistic,
  • high-and-mighty.
  •Other relevant words:
  • boastful,
  • abundant,
  • disregard,
  • lush,
  • importance,
  • officious,
  • belief,
  • monstrous,
  • grandiose,
  • bossy,
  • overmuch,
  • courage,
  • self-conceited,
  • conviction,
  • impulsive,
  • confidence,
  • high-flown,
  • chesty,
  • loftiness,
  • precipitate,
  • Oversure,
  • rash,
  • self-sufficient,
  • stiff,
  • reassured,
  • pushful,
  • temerarious,
  • pushy,
  • superabundant,
  • complacent,
  • superiority,
  • boldness,
  • exaggerated,
  • contempt,
  • disposition,
  • impudence,
  • overextravagant,
  • impertinent,
  • Vaunting,
  • boasting,
  • overblown,
  • insolence,
  • hubris,
  • decided,
  • assurance,
  • egoism,
  • magisterial,
  • lavish,
  • outrageous,
  • egregious,
  • drenched,
  • Brazenfaced,
  • disdain,
  • hot-blooded,
  • opinionated,
  • overboard,
  • gluttonous,
  • toplofty,
  • intemperate,
  • towering,
  • condescension,
  • flushed,
  • snobbish,
  • brash,
  • cold,
  • self-opinionated,
  • assured,
  • contumelious,
  • self-engrossed,
  • self-asserting,
  • gay,
  • breakneck,
  • gigantic,
  • haughtiness,
  • contumely,
  • pompous,
  • cockiness,
  • venturous,
  • faith,
  • hifalutin,
  • jaunty,
  • unblushing,
  • adventurous,
  • profuse,
  • snooty,
  • pontifical,
  • self-satisfied,
  • self-admiring,
  • gravity,
  • insulting,
  • scorn,
  • presumption,
  • hotheaded,
  • abandoned,
  • la-de-da,
  • narcissism,
  • cool,
  • scoffing,
  • ostentatious,
  • arbitrary,
  • fabulous,
  • replete,
  • bragging,
  • unwary,
  • contemptuous,
  • obtrusive,
  • unconscionable,
  • self-confidence,
  • imprudent,
  • enormous,
  • uppish,
  • stubborn,
  • harebrained,
  • bullying,
  • pomposity,
  • self-reliance,
  • forwardness,
  • assumption,
  • high,
  • cheek,
  • hoity-toity,
  • masterful,
  • unafraid,
  • venturesome,
  • Procacious,
  • unhesitating,
  • braggart,
  • running down,
  • prodigal,
  • self-appointed,
  • boundless,
  • intolerant,
  • condescending,
  • overbold,
  • inclination,
  • brashness,
  • self-seeking,
  • sureness,
  • unreasonable,
  • too much,
  • sneering,
  • wilful,
  • overlarge,
  • narcistic,
  • egotism,
  • stiff-necked,
  • deprecative,
  • lah-di-dah,
  • on high horse,
  • unwavering,
  • repressive,
  • stuck-up,
  • steep,
  • brass,
  • self-reliant,
  • improvident,
  • disparaging,
  • swelled-headed,
  • smug,
  • belittling,
  • security,
  • overcharged,
  • supersaturated,
  • obdurate,
  • superlative,
  • Self-complacent,
  • overdeveloped,
  • self-willed,
  • exorbitant,
  • profligate,
  • mocking,
  • doctrinaire,
  • running over,
  • high-spirited,
  • effrontery,
  • egoistic,
  • would-be,
  • huffy,
  • overconfidence,
  • self-respecting,
  • self-loving,
  • Janty,
  • Self-approving,
  • desire,
  • plethoric,
  • toffee-nosed,
  • foolhardy,
  • cheeky,
  • riotous,
  • headlong,
  • poise,
  • vanity,
  • snide,
  • brassy,
  • pride,
  • Persuaded,
  • headstrong,
  • injudicious,
  • inflated,
  • putting on airs,
  • determined,
  • self-contented,
  • trust,
  • ego,
  • authoritarian,
  • assertive,
  • overgrown,
  • Overdrawn,
  • overflowing,
  • disdainful,
  • spendthrift,
  • indiscreet,
  • intolerable,
  • obstinate,
  • derisory,
  • Hyperbolized,
  • incontinent,
  • affected,
  • highfalutin,
  • secure,
  • extreme,
  • immoderate,
  • ebullient,
  • saucy,
  • convinced,
  • assume,
  • Overgreat,
  • on one's high horse,
  • luxuriant,
  • la-di-da,
  • self-assured,
  • crowing,
  • cocksure,
  • surety,
  • Unchary,
  • presumptuous,
  • out of sight,
  • grand,
  • pretentious,
  • Narcissine,
  • self-congratulatory,
  • boast,
  • hyperbolic,
  • overproud,
  • disparagement,
  • egotistical,
  • unbridled,
  • self-content,
  • affection,
  • fancy,
  • unfaltering,
  • poised,
  • too many,
  • undue,
  • scornful,
  • inordinate,
  • undoubting,
  • audacity,
  • pigheaded,
  • complacency,
  • self-centred,
  • consequential,
  • dominating,
  • dogmatic,
  • give oneself airs,
  • Hauteur,
  • self-absorbed,
  • derisive,
  • redundant,
  • greatness,
  • incautious,
  • self-importance,
  • hypertrophied,
  • copious.

Antonyms for Overweening:

• adj.

  • cocky/cocksure
    uncertain, unsure, humble, unself-confident.
  • conceited
    meek, timid, diffident, self-conscious, shy.
  • forward
    reserved.
  • imperious
    obedient, fawning, servile, weak, subservient, helpless.
  • overbearing
    kind, nice.
  • overconfident
    cautious, pessimistic.
  • overweening
    modest, unassuming.
  • Other antonyms:
    middling, deferential, sheepish, acquiescent, passive, unobtrusive, unaggressive, lowly, realistic, cringing, minimal, moderate, bashful, submissive, quiet, reasonable, overmodest, subdued, inadequate, cowering, shrinking, restrained, retiring, mousy, deficient, Self-reproving, temperate, unassertive, minimum, yielding, introverted, compliant, insufficient.