bighead
- noun
- /ˈbɪɡˌhɛd/
- Offensive
- After winning the award, she became such a bighead that her friends started to avoid her.
Examples
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- Oh, he's a bighead.
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- Stop talking, bighead.
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Come on, bighead.
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Everyone knows he's a bighead who always boasts about his accomplishments.
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He's such a bighead, always acting as if he knows everything.
Synonyms
A person who talks too much and brags about themselves
A person who wants power very much and thinks they are more important than other people
A person who talks a lot about themselves to show off
A person who talks proudly about their success or things they own
A person who talks too proudly about their successes or things they own
A person who thinks they are better than others
A person who thinks they are more important than other people
A person who thinks they are better than other people
A person who often brags about what they have done in a proud way
Compounds
- Offensive
A way of behaving that shows you act too proud and think you are better than others
How Arrogant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bighead joins big and head to give the image of a person whose 'head' is 'too proud'. That's why calling someone a bighead means they think they are more important than others.