proud

adj

1. content, contented, satisfied, gratified, pleased, well-pleased, Inf. pleased as punch; glad, delighted, happy, sunny, cheerful; complacent, smug, self-satisfied, self-contented, pleased with oneself, like the cat that swallowed the canary.

2. conceited, self-important, self-esteeming, self-admiring, self-centered, egocentric, narcissistic, Sl. stuck or hung up on oneself; vain, vainglorious, egotistical, puffed-up, inflated, swollen, swell-headed, Inf. big-headed; boastful, bragging, crowing, blustering, Sl. full of hot air; cocky, cocksure, bumptious, assertive, self-assertive, self-assured, aggressive, Inf. pushy, Scot. vaunty.

3. arrogant, fastuous, overbearing, overweening, presumptuous, assuming, Inf. too much; contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, derisive, insolent; imperious, lordly, magisterial, high-handed, highfalutin; haughty, snobbish, on one's high horse, high-and-mighty, too good for the rest of us, priggish, Inf. high-hat, Inf. nose in the air, Sl. snooty, Sl. snotty, Sl. sniffy, Sl. stuck-up; supercilious, cavalier, condescending, patronizing, Inf. toplofty; aloof, remote, distant, detached, removed, above-it-all; unbending, stiff-necked, unapproachable, forbidding; pompous, pretentious, affected, hoity-toity.

4. creditable, estimable, laudable, admirable, praiseworthy; honorable, righteous, virtuous, high-minded, high-principled, upright, upstanding.

5. noble, sublime, majestic, august, stately; imposing, impressive, commanding, awe-inspiring, Archaic. magnific; grand, royal, regal, kingly, princely; elegant, graceful, handsome; magnificent, splendid, Inf. splendiferous, resplendent, superb, glorious, brilliant, radiant; luxurious, lavish, sumptuous, gorgeous, Inf. out of this world; All Inf. posh, plush, swank, ritzy.

6. eminent, distinguished, notable, noteworthy, noted, important; illustrious, worthy, reputable; elevated, exalted.

7. vigorous, full of vigor, spirited, lively, full of life, animated, vivacious, energetic, brisk.