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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narcissist |
| Synonyms: | boaster, braggart, egoist, egomaniac |
| Notes: | an egoist thinks the world revolves around him, an egotist is someone who cannot stop talking about himself |
| Main Entry: | cynic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonbeliever |
| Synonyms: | carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, egoist, egotist, flouter, misanthrope, misanthropist, misogamist, misogynist, mocker, pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer, skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever |
| Notes: | cynics doubt because they question motives (Cynic was first a school of philosophy expressing contempt for wealth and pleasure; the word cynic comes from Greek cyniko 'doglike'); skeptics doubt reports of what they hear or read |
| Antonyms: | believer, optimist |
| Main Entry: | introvert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who retreats mentally |
| Synonyms: | autist, brooder, egoist, egotist, loner*, narcissist, self-observer, solitary, wallflower |
| Antonyms: | extrovert |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misanthrope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who hates others |
| Synonyms: | cynic, doubter, egoist, egotist, hater, isolate, loner, misanthropist, recluse, skeptic |
| Notes: | a misandrist hates persons of the male sex, a misogynist hates persons of the female sex, and a misanthrope is a hater of mankind |
| Antonyms: | humanitarian, philanthropist |
| Main Entry: | prima donna |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temperamental person |
| Synonyms: | conceited person, crybaby, egotist, narcissist, princess, self-centered person, spoiled brat, vain person |
| Main Entry: | showoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who brags about him- or herself |
| Synonyms: | boaster, braggadocio, braggart, egotist, exhibitionist, swaggerer, vulgarian |
| Antonyms: | introvert |
| Main Entry: | boaster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | braggart |
| Synonyms: | blowhard, blusterer, bouncer, braggadocio, crower, egotist, fanfaron, gascon, rodomont, ruffler, skite, vaunter |
| Main Entry: | bighead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boaster |
| Synonyms: | blowhard, braggart, bragger, egomaniac, egotist, know-it-all, show-off, trumpeter |
| Main Entry: | egoist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-centered person |
| Synonyms: | boaster, braggart, egocentric, egomaniac, egotist, narcissist, self-aggrandizer |
| Notes: | an egoist thinks the world revolves around him, an egotist is someone who cannot stop talking about himself |
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