self-promoting (Meaning)
self-promoting
the act of furthering one's own growth, advancement, or prosperity
Synonyms & Antonyms of self-promoting
Synonyms:
- self-asserting
- self-confident
- boastful
- high-toned
- high-sounding
- overweening
- hoity-toity
- high-minded
- high-flown
- grandiloquent
- snobbish
- self-satisfied
- cavalier
- lordly
- haughty
- bragging
- self-dramatizing
- hifalutin
- proud
- self-pleased
- confident
- imperious
- important
- self-complacent
- self-assertive
- prideful
- ostentatious
- high-handed
- high-hat
- sententious
- pretentious
- grandiose
- stuck-up
- superior
- self-conceited
- self-assured
- pompous
- disdainful
- snobby
Antonyms:
self-promoting Sentence Examples
- The politician's self-promoting speeches grated on the electorate's nerves.
- The social media influencer used her platform for shameless self-promotion.
- The author's self-promoting book tour seemed more like an extended sales pitch.
- The singer's self-promoting website featured nothing but glowing reviews and flattering photos.
- The charity's self-promoting gala raised funds but also generated controversy due to its excessive displays.
- The CEO's self-promoting press conference drew accusations of arrogance and narcissism.
- The university awarded the self-promoting professor a grant based solely on their self-aggrandizing research proposals.
- The self-promoting actor constantly bragged about his award-winning performances.
- The student's self-promoting resume listed only her accomplishments and offered no evidence of her flaws.
- The self-promoting doctor's bedside manner was more focused on selling his services than on providing patient care.
FAQs About the word self-promoting
the act of furthering one's own growth, advancement, or prosperity
uppity,egotistical, arrogant, supercilious, self-important, conceited, presumptuous, smug, egotistic, vain
modest, homely, meek, unassuming, humble, unpretentious, passive, timid, unassertive,down-to-earth
The politician's self-promoting speeches grated on the electorate's nerves.
The social media influencer used her platform for shameless self-promotion.
The author's self-promoting book tour seemed more like an extended sales pitch.
The singer's self-promoting website featured nothing but glowing reviews and flattering photos.
