conceit
noun
1. feelings of excessive pride
Similar word(s): vanity
Definition categories: feeling, pride, pridefulness
2. an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
Definition categories: communication, figure, image, trope
3. a witty or ingenious turn of phrase
- he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit
Definition categories: communication
4. an artistic device or effect
- the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree
Definition categories: communication, device
5. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
Similar word(s): conceitedness, vanity
Definition categories: attribute, trait
Sentences with conceit as a noun:
- a man of quick conceit
verb
1. (obsolete) To form an idea; to think.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To conceive.