SNOB: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SNOB?

Need another word that means the same as “snob”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “snob” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Snob” are: prig, snoot, snot

Snob as a Noun

Definitions of "Snob" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “snob” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
• A person who believes that their tastes in a particular area are superior to those of other people.
• A person with an exaggerated respect for high social position or wealth who seeks to associate with social superiors and looks down on those regarded as socially inferior.

Synonyms of "Snob" as a noun (3 Words)

snoot	Informal terms for the nose. A remark that might warrant a good smack in the snoot.
snot	Nasal mucus.

Usage Examples of "Snob" as a noun

• Extra snob appeal.
• A musical snob.
• Her mother was a snob and wanted a lawyer as a son-in-law.

Associations of "Snob" (30 Words)

arrogant	Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities. A typically arrogant assumption.
arty	Making a strong, affected, or pretentious display of being artistic or interested in the arts. A very arty film.
blowhard	A boastful or pompous person. The segregationist blowhards who would dominate the politics of my state for a generation.
boastful	Exhibiting self-importance. A boastful letter.
brash	Having an ostentatious or tasteless appearance. He was brash cocky and arrogant.
cocksure	Marked by excessive confidence. An arrogant and cocksure materialist.
conceit	The trait of being unduly vain and conceited false pride. The idea of the wind s singing is a prime romantic conceit.
conceited	Excessively proud of oneself; vain. Fred s so conceited he d never believe anyone would refuse him.
condescending	(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension. She thought the teachers were arrogant and condescending.
elitist	Demonstrating a superior attitude or behaviour associated with an elite. Critics portray him as an out of touch elitist.
haughty	Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. A haughty British aristocrat.
highbrow	A highbrow person. She considered all those without television as highbrows intellectual snobs or paupers.
immodest	Lacking humility or decency. TV shows full of immodest language.
imperious	Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. His imperious demands.
insolently	In an insolent manner.
intellectual	Appealing to or using the intellect. Intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor.
lordly	Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. Lordly titles.
ostentation	Pretentious or showy or vulgar display. The office was spacious but without any trace of ostentation.
overbearing	Expecting unquestioning obedience. An overbearing ill tempered brute.
overweening	Presumptuously arrogant. No idea how overweening he would be.
pomposity	Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity. His reputation for arrogance and pomposity.
poseur	A person who behaves affectedly in order to impress others.
pride	A feeling of self-respect and personal worth. He prides himself on making it into law school.
proud	Of an event achievement etc causing someone to feel proud. A proud grandma of three boys.
snobbish	Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior. The writer takes a rather snobbish tone.
supercilious	Expressive of contempt. His mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air.
superciliousness	The trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior.
vainglorious	Excessively proud of oneself or one’s achievements; overly vain. This vainglorious boast of personal infallibility.
vanity	The trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride. A vanity press.
vaunt	A boast. An autobiographer is simultaneously vaunted and castigated for revealing more than is deemed proper.