highfalutin
3 synonyms and 1 antonym for highfalutin, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Behaving as if you are more important than you really are; pompous.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Antonyms
Etymology
Possibly an alteration of high-fluting, though another theory links it to high-flighting/-flying. It is first recorded around 1839, in the Spirit of the Times.
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