CONCEIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conceit mean?
• CONCEIT (noun)
The noun CONCEIT has 5 senses:
1. feelings of excessive pride
2. an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
3. a witty or ingenious turn of phrase
4. an artistic device or effect
5. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited
Familiarity information: CONCEIT used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• CONCEIT (noun)
Meaning:
Feelings of excessive pride
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
amour propre; conceit; self-love; vanity
Hypernyms ("conceit" is a kind of...):
pride; pridefulness (a feeling of self-respect and personal worth)
Meaning:
An elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("conceit" is a kind of...):
figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)
Meaning:
A witty or ingenious turn of phrase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit
Hypernyms ("conceit" is a kind of...):
turn of expression; turn of phrase (a distinctive spoken or written expression)
Meaning:
An artistic device or effect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree
Hypernyms ("conceit" is a kind of...):
device (something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect)
Meaning:
The trait of being unduly vain and conceited
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
conceitedness; vanity; conceit
Hypernyms ("conceit" is a kind of...):
pride (the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conceit"):
boastfulness; vainglory (outspoken conceit)
egotism; self-importance; swelled head (an exaggerated opinion of your own importance)
posturing (adopting a vain conceited posture)
