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Synonyms for vain in English

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vain:
- pompous; vain; frivolous; futile
- futile; vain; fruitless; bootless; sleeveless; conceited; swollen; egotistical; egotistic; self-conceited; swollen-headed

English

Detailed Synonyms for vain in English

vain:

vain

vain adj

vain

– unproductive of success ¹
futile; vain; fruitless; bootless; sleeveless
– unproductive of success ¹
- futile adj
  - futile years after her artistic peak¹
- vain adj
  - a vain attempt¹
- fruitless adj
  - a fruitless search¹
- bootless adj
- sleeveless adj
  - a sleeveless errand¹
vain

– characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance ¹
conceited; swollen; vain; egotistical; egotistic; self-conceited; swollen-headed
– characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance ¹
- conceited adj
  - a conceited fool¹
- swollen adj
  - so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty¹
- vain adj
  - vain about her clothes¹
- egotistical adj
  - an egotistical disregard of others¹
- egotistic adj
- self-conceited adj
  - an attitude of self-conceited arrogance¹
- swollen-headed adj
  - growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary¹

Related Words for "vain":

vainer, vainest, vainly

Alternate Synonyms for "vain":

conceited; egotistic; egotistical; self-conceited; swollen; swollen-headed; proud
bootless; fruitless; futile; sleeveless; unproductive

Related Definitions for "vain":

unproductive of success¹
- a vain attempt¹
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance¹
- vain about her clothes¹

Related Synonyms for vain

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University