PRIDE
Dictionary entry overview: What does pride mean?
• PRIDE (noun)
The noun PRIDE has 5 senses:
1. a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
2. satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements
3. the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
4. a group of lions
5. unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Familiarity information: PRIDE used as a noun is common.
• PRIDE (verb)
The verb PRIDE has 1 sense:
1. be proud of
Familiarity information: PRIDE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PRIDE (noun)
Meaning:
A feeling of self-respect and personal worth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
pride; pridefulness
Hypernyms ("pride" is a kind of...):
feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pride"):
self-esteem; self-pride (a feeling of pride in yourself)
ego; egotism; self-importance (an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others)
amour propre; conceit; self-love; vanity (feelings of excessive pride)
Antonym:
humility (a humble feeling)
Meaning:
Satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Context example:
he takes pride in his son's success
Hypernyms ("pride" is a kind of...):
satisfaction (the contentment you feel when you have done something right)
Meaning:
The trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("pride" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Attribute:
proud (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pride"):
civic pride; civic spirit (pride in your city)
dignity; self-esteem; self-regard; self-respect; self-worth (the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect)
conceit; conceitedness; vanity (the trait of being unduly vain and conceited)
arrogance; haughtiness; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness (overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors)
Antonym:
humility (a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride)
Meaning:
A group of lions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("pride" is a kind of...):
animal group (a group of animals)
Meronyms (members of "pride"):
king of beasts; lion; Panthera leo (large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male)
Meaning:
Unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
superbia; pride
Hypernyms ("pride" is a kind of...):
deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)
• PRIDE (verb)
Meaning:
Be proud of
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
pride; plume; congratulate
Context example:
He prides himself on making it into law school
Hypernyms (to "pride" is one way to...):
experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
