conceits

Meaning of conceits

plural noun
  1. excessive pride in oneself.
    he was puffed up with conceit
  2. an ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor.
    the idea of the wind's singing is a prime romantic conceit

late Middle English (in the sense ‘notion’, also ‘quaintly decorative article’): from conceive, on the pattern of pairs such as deceive, deceit .

Information about conceits

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of conceits is: conceit.
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Hyphenation of conceits

con-ceits

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • conceits is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

conceits synonyms

Meaning excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements:

vanity

Meaning excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance:

narcissism

Meaning the fact of being excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself:

egotism

Meaning another term for egotism:

egoism

Meaning obsessive egotism or self-centredness:

egomania

Meaning the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance:

pride

Meaning the quality of being arrogant:

arrogance

Meaning excessive pride or self-confidence:

hubris

Meaning lack of humility or decency:

immodesty

Meaning excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements:

smugness

Meaning a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements:

complacency

Meaning excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements; excessive vanity:

vainglory

Meaning a simile or metaphor:

image

Meaning visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work:

imagery

Meaning a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable:

metaphor

Meaning a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ):

simile

Meaning a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression:

trope

Meaning a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings:

pun

Meaning a witty remark:

quip, witticism

conceits antonyms

Meaning the quality or state of being unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities:

modesty

Meaning the quality of having a modest or low view of one's importance:

humility

Words that rhyme with conceits

deceits, misconceits, preconceits, counterfeits, forfeits, surfeits, geits, Fahrenheits, Yiddishkeits, gemutlichkeits, freits, Yahrzeits, yahrzeits

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