vain | Definition of vain

Synonyms and Antonyms of vain

1 having too high an opinion of oneself

a man so vain that he spent hours admiring himself in the mirror

Synonyms of vain

assured, biggety (or biggity) [Southern & Midland], bigheaded, complacent, conceited, consequential, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), important, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-conceited, self-important, self-opinionated, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up, swellheaded, vainglorious

Words Related to vain

blusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering

arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, disdainful, fastuous, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-hat, huffy, lofty, lordly, masterful, peremptory, pontifical, self-asserting, self-assertive, snobbish, snobby, snooty, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity

domineering, high-handed, imperious

highfalutin (also hifalutin), holier-than-thou, pretentious

overconfident, presuming, presumptuous

confident, self-assured, self-confident

self-adulatory, self-congratulatory, self-contented, self-gratulatory

self-applauding, self-dramatizing, self-glorifying, self-promoting

self-affected, self-centered, self-engrossed, selfish

condescending, patronizing

Near Antonyms of vain

diffident, self-critical, self-distrustful, self-doubting, self-reproachful, self-reproving

meek, timid, unassertive

down-to-earth, unarrogant, unassuming, unpretentious

bashful, demure, introverted, mousy (or mousey), overmodest, retiring, sheepish, shrinking, shy

Antonyms of vain

egoless, humble, modest, uncomplacent

2 producing no results

all their efforts to escape proved vain

Synonyms of vain

abortive, barren, bootless, empty, fruitless, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, otiose, profitless, unavailing, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless

Words Related to vain

hollow, idle, meaningless, pointless, valueless, worthless

hopeless, impossible, lost, no-win, unattainable

inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting

counterproductive

Phrases Synonymous with vain

in vain, no dice, not worth the candle, of no avail

Near Antonyms of vain

meaningful, worthwhile

adequate, sufficient

applicable, feasible, functional, practicable, practical, realizable, usable (also