Antonyms for vanity
ˈvæn ɪ tivan·i·ty

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1. vanitynoun

   Synonyms:
   pride, egotism, conceit, narcissism

2. vanitynoun

   That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.

   Synonyms:
   conceit, pride, egotism, narcissism

3. vanitynoun

   Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance or achievements.

   Synonyms:
   egotism, pride, conceit, narcissism

4. vanitynoun

   A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors atop. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon.

   Synonyms:
   conceit, narcissism, pride, egotism

5. vanitynoun

   Emptiness.

   Synonyms:
   conceit, egotism, pride, narcissism

6. vanitynoun

   Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.

   Synonyms:
   conceit, pride, egotism, narcissism

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. vanity

   Egoism is giving the "I" undue supremacy in thought; egotism is giving the "I" undue prominence in speech. Egotism is sometimes used in the sense of egoism, or supreme regard for oneself. Self-assertion is the claim by word, act, or manner of what one believes to be his due; self-conceit is an overestimate of one's own powers or deserts. Conceit is a briefer expression for self-conceit, with always an offensive implication; self-conceit is ridiculous or pitiable; conceit arouses resentment. There is a worthy self-confidence which springs from consciousness of rectitude and of power equal to demands. Self-assertion at times becomes a duty; but self-conceit is always a weakness. Self-consciousness is the keeping of one's thoughts upon oneself, with the constant anxious question of what others will think. Vanity is an overweening admiration of self, craving equal admiration from others; self-consciousness is commonly painful to its possessor, vanity always a source of satisfaction, except as it fails to receive its supposed due. Self-esteem is more solid and better founded than self-conceit; but is ordinarily a weakness, and never has the worthy sense of self-confidence. Compare ASSURANCE; PRIDE.

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, deference, diffidence, humility, modesty, self-distrust, self-forgetfulness, shyness, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness

   Synonyms:
   conceit, egoism, egotism, self-assertion, self-conceit, self-confidence, self-consciousness, self-esteem

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vanity

   Antonyms:
   substance, solidity, substantiality, reality, truth, modesty, selfdistrust, simplicity, unostentatiousness, humility

   Synonyms:
   emptiness, unsubstantiality, unreality, falsity, conceit, self-sufficiency, ostentation, pride, worthlessness, triviality

Matched Categories

1. • Table
   • Worthlessness

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanitynoun

   feelings of excessive pride

   Synonyms:
   narcism, toilet table, dressing table, narcissism, conceit, self-love, amour propre, conceitedness, emptiness, dresser

2. vanity, emptinessnoun

   the quality of being valueless or futile

   "he rejected the vanities of the world"

   Synonyms:
   dressing table, vacancy, toilet table, dresser, vacuum, conceit, self-love, amour propre, conceitedness, emptiness, void

3. conceit, conceitedness, vanitynoun

   the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride

   Synonyms:
   dressing table, toilet table, conceit, self-love, amour propre, conceitedness, emptiness, dresser

4. dressing table, dresser, vanity, toilet tablenoun

   low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup

   Synonyms:
   dressing table, toilet table, dresser, self-love, chest, actor's assistant, conceit, chest of drawers, amour propre, bureau, emptiness, conceitedness

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. vanitynoun

   Synonyms:
   unsubstantialness, unreality, inanity, delusiveness, emptiness, sham, conceit, self-admiration, egotism

How to use vanity in a sentence?

1. Joyce Carol Oates:

   When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity-but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.

2. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.

3. T. E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.:

   All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did.

4. Lawrence of Arabia, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Suppressed introductory chapter, first published 1939, Penguin edition p. 23:

   All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.

5. Sir George Savile:

   The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.

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