BIGHEAD Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

bighead

noun

ˈbig-ˌhed

Definition of bighead

as in ego

an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements the kind of early success that can give a young performer the bighead

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Recent Examples of bighead After extreme flooding events in the 1980s and 1990s, the fish escaped into the Mississippi River basin, and, alongside silver carp, bighead remain the most detrimental to aquatic environments. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026 No bighead or silver carp have ever been reported in Lake Michigan, said Greg McClinchey, the commission's director of policy and legislative affairs. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026 Live bands and Basque flutists pirouette around gigantes and bigheads, dancers with enormous papier-mâché heads of historical figures including kings, queens and Moors. — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025 Through flooding and accidental releases, black, grass, bighead and silver carps found their way into the Mississippi River system. — Peter Burke, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bighead

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Noun

Both teams now limp into Saturday's game in Austin with bruised bodies and egos, and carrying a whiff of desperation for a win to keep the season from unraveling.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Did that feel like a parody of my ego, or also a way to make fun of it?

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of ego

Noun

Rather than through a cold call or email, the scammers lure them through websites offering self-publishing or vanity publishing.

— Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026
And the angelic youth Dorian Gray’s deadly descent into vanity and vice—ignited by a hubristic obsession with his own image—eerily foreshadows the grim trajectory of Wilde’s later years.

— Hannah Aizenman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of vanity

Noun

An America that seeks justice with dignity and wisdom, not arrogance and gore.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
These fascinating, illuminating episodes raise the question of whether great fiction requires the kind of single-mindedness and even arrogance that McCarthy cultivated.

— New York Times, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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