Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna conceited and self-centered person
Broader
unpleasant persondisagreeable person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
ego + -t- inserted to avoid hiatus, or after the analogy of dramatist, epigrammatist, etc. + -ist
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian егоист, егоист
- егоист (egoist)person who talks excessively about themself
- егоист (egoist)person who believes in their own importance and superiority
Czech ješita
- ješitaperson who believes in their own importance and superiority
Finnish egoisti, egoisti
- egoistiperson who talks excessively about themself
- egoistiperson who believes in their own importance and superiority
Italian pallone gonfiato
- pallone gonfiatoperson who believes in their own importance and superiority
Māori tangata whakatāupe
- tangata whakatāupeperson who believes in their own importance and superiority
Polish egotysta, egotystka
- egotystaperson who talks excessively about themself
- egotystkaperson who talks excessively about themself
- egotystaperson who believes in their own importance and superiority
- egotystkaperson who believes in their own importance and superiority
Romanian egoist
- egoistperson who talks excessively about themself
Russian эготи́ст, эготи́стка
- эготи́ст (egotíst)person who talks excessively about themself
- эготи́стка (egotístka)person who talks excessively about themself
- эгои́ст (egoíst)person who talks excessively about themself
- эгои́стка (egoístka)person who talks excessively about themself
- самовлюблённый челове́к (samovljubljónnyj čelovék)person who talks excessively about themself
- эгоцентри́ст (egocentríst)person who talks excessively about themself
- эгоцентри́стка (egocentrístka)person who talks excessively about themself
- эготи́ст (egotíst)person who believes in their own importance and superiority
- эготи́стка (egotístka)person who believes in their own importance and superiority
Spanish egotista, egotista
- egotistaperson who talks excessively about themself
- egotistaperson who believes in their own importance and superiority
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Cite this entry
APA
egotist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egotist
MLA
“egotist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egotist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “egotist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egotist.
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