Synonyms of high horse

high horse

noun

as in arrogance

an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims

I won't deal with you until you get off your high horse and stop patronizing me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogance
• superiority
• attitude
• bumptiousness
• disdain
• consequence
• masterfulness
• self-consequence
• pretence
• toploftiness
• imperiousness
• peremptoriness
• hauteur
• assumption
• loftiness
• superciliousness
• pretense
• haughtiness
• pompousness
• presumptuousness
• huffiness
• pretension
• lordliness
• pomposity
• dominance
• self-importance
• pridefulness
• vanity
• pretentiousness
• vaingloriousness
• pride
• high-handedness
• inflation
• side
• swelled head
• snobbishness
• bossiness
• snobbery
• snobbism
• condescension
• scorn
• vainglory
• authoritativeness
• snootiness
• superiority complex
• bravado
• brag
• bowwow
• swagger
• self-assertion
• chest-thumping
• boastfulness
• sauciness
• cheekiness
• cheek
• impudence
• triumphalism
• smugness
• self-assumption
• egoism
• strut
• self-contentment
• impertinence
• self-satisfaction
• self-content
• self-opinion
• cockiness
• self-centeredness
• self-complacency
• braggadocio
• self-partiality
• egotism
• bombast
• self-conceit
• complacence
• conceit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humility
• modesty
• unpretentiousness
• shyness
• bashfulness
• unassumingness
• demureness
• diffidence
• timidity
• meekness
• passivity
• retiringness
• lowliness
• passiveness
• submissiveness
• reserve
• self-doubt
• quietness
• mousiness
• timidness
• self-distrust
• reservedness

Examples of high horse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The novel endures thanks to its keen understanding that many people in this town see movies as a metaphor, a proxy for other forms of currency: the tax break, the blind item, the call sheet, the high horse. —Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024

But not enough to allow the Beavers to get on a high horse. —oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2023

No Miss Piggy: Sounds like your partner is a bit up on his high horse regarding his workout routine. —Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023

Stay off your high horse while Mars aggravates Uranus. —USA TODAY, 26 June 2023