Synonyms for pompous
ˈpɒm pəspompous

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1. pompousadjective

   Synonyms:
   pretentious, smug, conceited, affected

   Antonyms:
   self-effacing, humble, modest

2. pompousadjective

   Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

   Synonyms:
   pretentious, smug, affected, conceited

   Antonyms:
   humble, modest, self-effacing

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1. pompous

   Synonyms:
   magnificent, gorgeous, splendid, showy, sumptuous, ostentatious, stately, lofty, grand, bombastic, turgid, stiff, inflated, pretentious, coxcombical, assuming

   Antonyms:
   unpretending, unobtrusive, modest, unassuming, plain-mannered, humble-minded

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1. grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentousadjective

   puffed up with vanity

   "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

   Synonyms:
   prodigious, papal, foreboding(a), tall, episcopal, portentous, overblown, grandiloquent, apostolic, pontifical, fateful, ceremonious, magniloquent, apostolical

   Antonyms:
   unpretentious

2. pompous, ceremoniousadjective

   characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

   Synonyms:
   conventional, portentous, grandiloquent, ceremonious, pontifical, overblown

   Antonyms:
   unpretentious

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1. arrogant

   Submitted by anonymous on April 6, 2021  

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1. pompousadjective

   Synonyms:
   showy, ostentatious, stately, lofty, grand, majestic, magnificent, superb, splendid, august, magisterial

2. pompousadjective

   Synonyms:
   swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, stilted, boastful, grandiloquent, high-flowing, high-sounding, HIGHFALUTIN, SPREAD-EAGLE

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1. pompousadjective

   Synonyms:
   stately, imposing, august, pretentious, grandiose bombastic

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1. List of paraphrases for "pompous":

   grandiose, high-flown, grandiloquent, high-sounding, emphatic, bombastic

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How to use pompous in a sentence?

1. Thor Halvorssen:

   El Sexto has become a prominent target of the Cuban regime because his graffiti art is one of the elite’s most feared methods of protest as it exposes their true nature, el Sexto’s art unmasks the tyranny in ways white papers and press accounts cannot. Now that Castro will receive a pompous farewell, the regime will take measures to silence all voices for democracy and to drown out calls for reform.

2. Vanna Bonta:

   Hot air expands, and seriously pompous attitude is the inflation of choice by those lacking substance.

3. Charlie Munger:

   I don't think we should assume that every other nation in the world, no matter what the problems are, should have our type of government, i think that's pompous and self-centered. Ours is right for us but maybe theirs is right for them.

4. Stephane Charbonnier:

   It might sound a bit pompous to say so.

5. Thomas Browne:

   Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.