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loftyadjective extending to a great distance upwardthe ever-increasing lofty heights of the world's skyscrapers altitudinous, high, tall, towering dominant, dominating, eminent, prominentelevated, lifted, raised, uplifted, upswepthigh-rise, statuesque low, low-lying, short, squat flat, stubby, stumpy having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitudeshe acts all lofty and superior just because she went to an Ivy League college arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, highfalutin(also hifalutin), huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, sniffy, stiff-necked, supercilious, superior, toplofty(also toploftical), uppish, uppity authoritarian, bossy, dominant, dominating, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, pontificatingcondescending, disdainful, patronizingimpertinent, impudent, saucysnobbish, snobby, snootyblusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering, vain, vaingloriouscomplacent, conceited, egocentric, egoistic(also egoistical), egotistic(or egotistical), hubristic, narcissistic, orgulous, prideful, proud, self-affected, self-applauding, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-upself-flattering, self-loving, self-promotingbrash, forward, uninhibited, unreservedextroverted(also extraverted), immodest humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious bashful, cowering, cringing, demure, diffident, introverted, mousy(or mousey), overmodest, self-critical, self-doubting, sheepish, shrinking, shy, subdued, timidacquiescent, compliant, deferential, meek, passive, submissive, unaggressive, unassertive, unassuming, unobtrusive, yieldingquiet, reserved, retiring having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneselfhis lofty attitude toward menial chores really rankles the other camp counselors disdainful, haughty, highfalutin(also hifalutin), lordly, prideful, proud, superior complacent, conceited, egoistic, egotistic(also egotistical), important, self-assertive, self-conceited, self-contented, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vaingloriousarrogant, pretentious, sniffy, snobbish, stuck-up, superciliouscavalier, overbearing, overweening, peremptory, swaggeringhigh-sounding, pompouscondescending, patronizingcocky, overconfident, presuming, presumptuousbloated, boastful, bombastic, self-glorifyingaudacious, bold, brash, brassy, cheeky, cocksure, forward, impertinent, impudent, saucyconfident, presuming, self-assured, self-confident, surebossy, domineering, high-handed, imperiousegocentric, self-centered, selfishdominating, magisterial, masterful humble, lowly, modest demure, homely, meek, unassuming, unpretending, unpretentiousbashful, retiring, shy, timiddiffident, self-doubtingacquiescent, compliant, deferential, ingratiating, resigned, submissive, unassertive, yieldingapologetic, cowering, cringing, shrinkingpassive, quiet, reserved, subdued, unobtrusive having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous natureremained true to the cause's lofty ideals, regardless of the changing winds of popular opinion big, chivalrous, elevated, gallant, great, greathearted, high, high-minded, lordly, magnanimous, natural, noble, sublime ennobled, exalted, glorifiedheroic(also heroical), honorable, valiant, venerable, worthyknightly, princely, regalinspiring, moving, numinous, upliftingaugust, magnificent, majestic base, debased, degenerate, degraded, ignoble, low sordid, squalid, vile, wretchedabominable, contemptible, despicable, detestable, hateful, offensive, repulsive, ugly, viciousdastardly, dirty, lousy, sorrylittle, mean, narrow, small-mindeddegrading, discreditable, humiliating, ignominiouscoarse, crude, vulgar very dignified in form, tone, or stylethe lofty nature of the coronation ceremony elevated, eloquent, formal, high-flown, majestic, stately, towering affected, bombastic, declamatory, florid, flowery, grandiloquent, grandiose, highfalutin(also hifalutin), oratorical, pompous, pretentious, rhetorical(also rhetoric), stiltedAttic, cultured, refinedclassy, courtly, fine, graceful, tastefularistocratic, genteel, patriciancorrect, educated, grammatical, properacademic(also academical), bookish, learned, literary ineloquent, low, undignified casual, colloquial, conversational, informal, nonformal, slangy, unbookish, unliterary, vernacularcoarse, common, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, indecent, lowbred, lowbrow, rough, rough-hewn, rude, tasteless, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgarincorrect, substandard, uneducated, ungrammatical, unlearned high, tall, lofty mean above the average in height.high implies marked extension upward and is applied chiefly to things which rise from a base or foundation or are placed at a conspicuous height above a lower level.a high hill a high ceiling tall applies to what grows or rises high by comparison with others of its kind and usually implies relative narrowness.a tall thin man lofty suggests great or imposing altitude.lofty mountain peaks in the 15th century |