self-important
adjectiveHaving or displaying an exaggerated sense of one's own significance.
Inflated sense of importance
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Clear all filtersHaving or displaying an exaggerated sense of one's own significance.
Inflated sense of importance
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Showing an exaggerated sense of one's importance or superiority.
Overconfident of superiority
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Quick to notice and understand important details.
Perceptive and practically wise
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To make someone or something seem less valuable or important.
Of primary or fundamental importance.
Fundamentally important
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Showing a careless or dismissive attitude toward an important matter.
Covering the important parts of a subject thoroughly.
Broad and thorough
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Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability or importance.
Excessively self-admiring
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Of decisive importance to a result or decision.
Decisively important
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The central and most important point of an issue.
To become smaller or less important, or to make something so.
Able to notice and judge important differences or qualities.
Showing keen judgment
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Different in important qualities or characteristics.
To present something as less important or serious than it may be.
Excessively occupied with one's own importance, interests, or achievements.
Excessively self-important
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Of little importance or significance.
Too small or unimportant to have much effect in the situation.
Able to replace one another in use without an important difference.
Very high or elevated; figuratively, ambitious, noble, or expressed with superiority.
Very high
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To reduce something as much as possible, or to present it as less important.
Reduce to a minimum
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Excessively focused on oneself and one's importance or image.
Excessively self-focused
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So small or unimportant that it scarcely warrants attention.
More important than other competing concerns or considerations.
More important than anything else in a particular situation.
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