Synonyms of hubris

hubris

noun

as in vanity

formal + literary an excessive or foolish amount of belief in oneself or one's own abilities

His failure was brought on by his hubris.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vanity
• arrogance
• ego
• pridefulness
• pride
• overconfidence
• confidence
• superiority
• smugness
• complacency
• presumption
• vainglory
• egotism
• pomposity
• conceitedness
• self-satisfaction
• self-conceit
• conceit
• self-importance
• vainness
• pompousness
• complacence
• assurance
• self-love
• self-confidence
• self-assurance
• swelled head
• amour propre
• selfishness
• self-congratulation
• self-righteousness
• vaingloriousness
• haughtiness
• imperiousness
• bighead
• self-admiration
• self-glory
• snobbishness
• self-opinion
• superciliousness
• self-esteem
• disdainfulness
• pretence
• self-assertion
• self-assumption
• egoism
• swellheadedness
• lordliness
• pretentiousness
• self-pride
• self-respect
• pretension
• self-centeredness
• pretense

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diffidence
• altruism
• timidity
• unselfishness
• self-doubt
• humility
• shyness
• bashfulness
• passivity
• self-loathing
• self-disgust
• self-hate
• modesty
• passiveness
• demureness
• humbleness
• timidness

Examples of hubris in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Whether led by great hubris or sweet naivete, Treadwell ignored all common sense and conventional wisdom about the animals and began to consider them as friends. —Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024

But that ultimately is some form of control and some hubris and ego on my part. —Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024

The experiment’s seeming success stoked the hubris that a decades-old modern state could transform a millennia-old society. —Vinay Sitapati, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2021

Cut through the noise with our essential updates on health care politics and policy Privacy Policy The hubris is stunning. —Anand Kumar, STAT, 25 June 2024

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