egotistnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈiː.ɡə.tɪst/us/ˈiː.ɡoʊ.tɪst/also egoist disapprovinga person who considers himself or herself to be better or more important than other people:
Politicians are notorious egotists.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- malcontent
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- scumbag
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
- viper
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