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EGOTIST

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Dictionary entry overview: What does egotist mean?

• EGOTIST (noun)
The noun EGOTIST has 1 sense:

1. a conceited and self-centered person

Familiarity information: EGOTIST used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EGOTIST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A conceited and self-centered person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

egoist; egotist; swellhead

Hypernyms ("egotist" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "egotist"):

blowhard; boaster; braggart; bragger; line-shooter; vaunter (a very boastful and talkative person)

egomaniac (an abnormally egotistical person)

exhibitionist; show-off (someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention)

know-all; know-it-all (someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others)

megalomaniac (a pathological egotist)

miles gloriosus (a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy))

popinjay (a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot))

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