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Antonyms for putting on airs
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
- accepting
- approachable
- be genuine
- be honest
- be modest
- be original
- be truthful
- benevolent
- close
- compassionate
- conceal
- concerned
- convenient
- deprecate
- differ
- friendly
- generous
- gentle
- go
- hide
- honesty
- humble
- interested
- kind
- leave alone
- likely
- modest
- move
- naturalness
- near
- nearby
- oppose
- personality
- possible
- probable
- reality
- related
- relevant
- reverse
- simplicity
- sociable
- stop
- sympathetic
- tell truth
- truth
- warm
- welcoming
- withhold
Definition of putting on airs
- As in remote : adj cold, detached; unapproachable
- As in snobbish : adj stuck-up, conceited
- As in supercilious : adj arrogant, stuck-up
- As in uppish : adj snobbish
- As in aloof : adj remote
- As in affectation : noun pretended behavior to make an impression
- As in pose : verb pretend, fake
- As in posture : verb display an attitude
- As in pretend : verb play the part of
- As in strut : verb walk pompously
- As in swagger : verb show off; walk pompously
- As in play-act : verb pretend
- As in swank : verb strut
- As in swash : verb strut
- As in grandstand : verb show off
Synonyms for putting on airs
- above
- abstracted
- act
- affect
- air
- airs
- aloof
- apart
- appearance
- arrogant
- artificiality
- assume the role
- attitudinize
- be ostentatious
- be vain
- bluster
- boast
- bossy
- brag
- brandish
- bully
- casual
- cavalier
- chilly
- cock
- cocky
- cold
- cold fish
- condescending
- contemptuous
- cool
- counterfeit
- detached
- disdainful
- disinterested
- display
- dissemble
- distant
- do a bit
- do for effect
- egotistic
- elitist
- facade
- fake
- fake it
- false front
- faraway
- feign
- flaunt
- flaunt it
- flounce
- flourish
- forbidding
- front
- gasconade
- gloat
- going Hollywood
- grandstand
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- haughty
- hector
- high-and-mighty
- high-flown
- high-hat
- hot dog
- icy
- imagine
- imitate
- imitation
- imperious
- impersonate
- incurious
- indifferent
- insincerity
- insolent
- introspective
- introverted
- laid back
- laid-back
- lofty
- lone wolf
- loner
- look big
- lord
- make a show
- make as if
- make believe
- make out like
- make up
- mannerism
- masquerade
- mimic
- mince
- nervy
- offish
- on ice
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- parade
- parade one's wares
- pass for
- pass off
- patronizing
- peacock
- persnickety
- play
- play to audience
- play to the crowd
- playact
- pompous
- pontificate
- portray
- pose
- posture
- prance
- pretense
- pretension
- pretentious
- pretentiousness
- profess
- proud
- purport
- put on
- put on a front
- put on airs
- put on an act
- put up a front
- put-on
- putting on airs
- remote
- removed
- represent
- reproduce
- reserved
- sashay
- saunter
- scornful
- secluded
- sham
- show
- show off
- showboat
- showing off
- simulate
- simulation
- sniffy
- snippy
- snobby
- snooty
- snotty
- solitary
- stalk
- standoffish
- stride
- strike an attitude
- strut
- stuck up
- supercilious
- superior
- suppose
- swagger
- swank
- swanky
- swash
- swashbuckle
- sway
- sweep
- swell
- take off as
- thick-skinned
- tony
- unapproachable
- uncommunicative
- unconcerned
- unfriendly
- uninterested
- uninvolved
- unresponsive
- unsociable
- unsympathetic
- uppish
- uppity
- vainglorious
- withdrawn
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