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

Need another word that means the same as “snobbish”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “snobbish” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Snobbish” are: clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobby, elitist, superior, supercilious, exclusive

Snobbish as an Adjective

Definitions of "Snobbish" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “snobbish” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.
• Relating to, characteristic of, or like a snob.

Synonyms of "Snobbish" as an adjective (8 Words)

clannish	(of a group or their activities) tending to exclude others outside the group. They are a clannish lot with no time for foreigners.
cliquish	Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior. A notoriously cliquish political club.
clubby	Effusively sociable. The clubby late night world of Parliament.
elitist	Demonstrating a superior attitude or behaviour associated with an elite. Some that say he is a spoiled elitist snob.
exclusive	(of an item or story) not published or broadcast elsewhere. The problem isn t exclusive to Dublin.
snobby	Relating to, characteristic of, or like a snob. She is ostracized by the snobby rich kids at school.
supercilious	Expressive of contempt. Curled his lip in a supercilious smile.
superior	Of high or superior quality or performance. Trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law.

Usage Examples of "Snobbish" as an adjective

• The writer takes a rather snobbish tone.

Associations of "Snobbish" (30 Words)

arrogance	Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors. The arrogance of this man is astounding.
arrogant	Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities. A typically arrogant assumption.
arty	Showily imitative of art or artists. Television people and arty types.
blowhard	A boastful or pompous person. The segregationist blowhards who would dominate the politics of my state for a generation.
boastful	Exhibiting self-importance. He always seemed to be rather boastful and above himself.
bombastic	High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated. Bombastic rhetoric.
braggart	Exhibiting self-importance. Braggart men.
bragging	An instance of boastful talk. A little honest bragging doesn t hurt anyone.
clannish	Characteristic of a clan especially in being unified. They are a clannish lot with no time for foreigners.
conceit	The trait of being unduly vain and conceited false pride. He was puffed up with conceit.
conceited	Excessively proud of oneself; vain. A conceited fool.
condescending	Having or showing an attitude of patronizing superiority. She thought the teachers were arrogant and condescending.
egocentric	An egocentric person. Egocentric spatial perception.
exhibitionist	Someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals. I am something of an exhibitionist.
grandiloquent	Pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress. A grandiloquent and boastful manner.
grandiose	Affectedly genteel. The court s grandiose facade.
haughty	Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. A haughty British aristocrat.
lordly	Of or befitting a lord. Lordly titles.
narcissism	An exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself.
pomposity	The quality of being pompous; self-importance. His reputation for arrogance and pomposity.
pompous	Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important. Processions and other pompous shows.
portentous	Puffed up with vanity. The author s portentous moralizings.
poseur	A person who behaves affectedly in order to impress others.
pretentious	Tawdry or vulgar. A pretentious country house.
pride	A group of lions. The bridge was lit up in rainbow colours symbolic of LGBT pride.
proud	Of an event achievement etc causing someone to feel proud. Bulrushes emerge tall and proud from the middle of the pond.
selfish	Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others- Maria Weston Chapman. I joined them for selfish reasons.
superciliousness	The trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior.
vainglorious	Feeling self-importance. This vainglorious boast of personal infallibility.
vanity	Low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup. A vanity press.