airs

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UK/ɛəz/US/ɛəɹz/Australia/eːz/New Zealand/eəz/

noun

Affected manners intended to impress others.

“Stop giving yourself such airs—we all know you.”

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of air
  2. Affected manners intended to impress others.

    Stop giving yourself such airs—we all know you.

    2 more examples

    She put on airs, pretending to be more sophisticated than she was.

    He walked into the room with an air of confidence, though it seemed like just airs.

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of air

Synonyms & antonyms

nounaffected manners intended to impress others

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pose
Broader
affectedness
Also see
affectationhoity-toitypose

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with airs

bearspairsfaresstairsfairsupstairswareztheirsdownstairswaresflaresmaresayresunawareseirsUgandan affairs
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Sounds the same

Ayresereseyresheirsares (“unit of measurement”)errs (one US pronunciation or with fair–fur merger)ears (cheer–chair merger)Ayresereseyresheirsares (“unit of measurement”)errs (one US pronunciation or with fair–fur merger)ears (cheer–chair merger)

Anagrams

sariarisRisariassiraIsarAsir
Cite this entry
APA

airs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airs

MLA

“airs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airs. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airs,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airs.

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