cavalier (Meaning)
cavalier (n)
a gallant or courtly gentleman
a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
cavalier (s)
given to haughty disregard of others
cavalier (n.)
A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament.
A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
cavalier (a.)
Gay; easy; offhand; frank.
High-spirited.
Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
Synonyms & Antonyms of cavalier
Synonyms:
- huffish
- masterful
- supercilious
- pretentious
- overweening
- uppity
- hifalutin
- superior
- high-hat
- presuming
- imperious
- lordly
- high-and-mighty
- smug
- sniffy
- uppish
- toploftical
- huffy
- bumptious
- authoritarian
- haughty
- assumptive
- presumptuous
- important
- chesty
- pompous
- dominant
- high-handed
- domineering
- peremptory
Antonyms:
- unobtrusive
- unassertive
- deferential
- unassuming
- shrinking
- passive
- mousy
- yielding
- overmodest
- unaggressive
- mousy
- shrinking
- compliant
- quiet
- acquiescent
- unarrogant
- submissive
- meek
- demure
- quiet
- deferential
- introverted
- submissive
- mousey
- passive
- overmodest
- meek
- demure
- yielding
- unarrogant
- unaggressive
- unobtrusive
- unassuming
- compliant
- introverted
- mousey
- acquiescent
- unassertive
Synonyms:
- brash
- unreserved
- prideful
- snobbish
- snooty
- egocentric
- dominating
- self-assertive
- vainglorious
- pontificating
- saucy
- impudent
- egotistic
- immodest
- egoistical
- condescending
- disdainful
- swaggering
- complacent
- hubristic
- toplofty
- snobby
- impertinent
- pontifical
- highfalutin
- bombastic
- self-complacent
- self-centered
- stiff-necked
- self-asserting
- blustery
- lofty
- self-satisfied
- proud
- extroverted
- magisterial
- narcissistic
- bossy
- vain
- braggart
- patronizing
- cocky
- uninhibited
- extraverted
- blusterous
- egoistic
- conceited
- boastful
- egotistical
Antonyms:
cavalier Sentence Examples
- His cavalier attitude toward safety protocols endangered the entire team.
- Despite the seriousness of the situation, he remained cavalier, cracking jokes and making light of it.
- The cavalier manner in which he dismissed her concerns hurt her deeply.
- The coach benched the player for his cavalier approach to training.
- The cavalier way he treated his subordinates resulted in low morale among the staff.
- She was appalled by his cavalier disregard for the company's policies.
- The politician's cavalier remarks about the crisis drew widespread criticism.
- His cavalier spending habits left him deep in debt.
- The cavalier attitude of the company's executives contributed to its downfall.
- Despite the risks, he proceeded with a cavalier confidence that bordered on arrogance.
FAQs About the word cavalier
a gallant or courtly gentleman, a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War, given to haughty disregard of othersA military man serving on ho
arrogant, huffish, masterful, supercilious, pretentious, overweening, uppity, hifalutin,superior, high-hat
bashful, unpretentious, timid, unpretentious, humble, lowly, modest, subdued, diffident, diffident
His cavalier attitude toward safety protocols endangered the entire team.
Despite the seriousness of the situation, he remained cavalier, cracking jokes and making light of it.
The cavalier manner in which he dismissed her concerns hurt her deeply.
The coach benched the player for his cavalier approach to training.
