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Source: tatoeba (2150)
Proud
/pɹaʊd/
Synonyms for "proud" (181 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (37)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (54)
Related words (90)
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Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: aloof, arrogant, assured, august, awe inspiring.
- arrogant: 'Arrogant' is pride that has curdled, it crosses from confidence into contempt for others. The line between proud and arrogant is how you treat people.
- Sentence evidence is available for proud, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from derived_reverse, moby, wiktionary, opengloss, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "proud".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "proud"
Keep "proud" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "proud" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "proud", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "proud" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
How these synonyms differ
- arrogant - 'Arrogant' is pride that has curdled, it crosses from confidence into contempt for others. The line between proud and arrogant is how you treat people.
- conceited - 'Conceited' is pride focused entirely inward, a conceited person overestimates their own worth. 'Proud' can be earned; 'conceited' rarely is.
- dignified - 'Dignified' is quiet pride expressed through bearing and composure. A dignified person doesn't announce their pride, they carry it.
- honored - 'Honored' adds humility to pride, you feel proud but also grateful, recognizing that others played a role in whatever you're proud of.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
6 entriesMore specific
6 entriesCollocations
5 entriesproud achievementproud heritageproud parentsproud scholarproud tradition
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
50 entriesShowing 16 of 50 words.
Translations
118 translations across 83 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- فَخُور adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Armenian
3 entries- հպարտ adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- սեգ adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- վսեմ adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Asturian
1 entries- arguyosu adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- məğrur adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- qürurlu adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Bashkir
1 entries- ғорур adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Belarusian
1 entries- го́рды adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Bulgarian
1 entries- горд adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Burmese
1 entries- ထည် adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Catalan
1 entries- orgullós adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏢᏉᏗ adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 自豪 adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 傲然 adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- 驕傲 /骄傲 adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Church Slavic
1 entries- гръдъ adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Czech
1 entries- hrdý adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Danish
1 entries- stolt adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Dutch
2 entries- fier adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- trots adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Elfdalian
2 entries- karun adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- stolt adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Esperanto
1 entries- fiera adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Faroese
3 entries- erpin adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- errin adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- stoltur adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Finnish
1 entries- ylpeä adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
French
1 entries- fier adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Galician
1 entries- orgulloso adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Georgian
1 entries- ამაყი adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
German
1 entries- stolz adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍃 adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Greek
1 entries- περήφανος adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Greenlandic
1 entries- tulluusimaartoq adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Hebrew
1 entries- גֵאֶה adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Hungarian
1 entries- büszke adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Hunsrik
1 entries- stols adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Hutterisch
1 entries- stulz adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Icelandic
1 entries- stoltur adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Indonesian
1 entries- bangga adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Irish
3 entries- bródúil adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- mórtasach adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- mórálach adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Italian
2 entries- fiero adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- orgoglioso adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Japanese
3 entries- 嬉しい adj (happy, usually used with a sense of honour)
- 自慢の adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- 誇らしい adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Kazakh
2 entries- көкірекшіл adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- тәкаппар adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Korean
1 entries- 자랑스럽다 adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сыймыктуу adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Lao
1 entries- ພູມໃຈ adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Latin
1 entries- superbus adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Latvian
1 entries- lepns adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Louisiana Creole
1 entries- fyær adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- gjardy adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- houfreg adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- stolz adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Macedonian
1 entries- горд adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Malay
1 entries- bangga adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Maltese
1 entries- kburi adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Marathi
1 entries- अभिमान adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Māori
2 entries- poho kererū adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- poho kūkupa adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Neapolitan
1 entries- fiero adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Norman
1 entries- fyi adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
North Frisian
1 entries- stult adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Northern Sami
3 entries- govdat adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- vuovdnái adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- čeavlái adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Norwegian
1 entries- stolt adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Occitan
1 entries- orgulhós adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Old English
1 entries- ofermōd adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Persian
4 entries- سرافراز adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- سربلند adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- شاداب adj (happy, usually used with a sense of honour)
- مغرور adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Polish
1 entries- dumny adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Portuguese
1 entries- orgulhoso adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Romanian
2 entries- mulțumit adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- mândru adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Romansch
2 entries- losch adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- superbi adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Russian
1 entries- го́рдый adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- pròiseil adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- uaibhreach adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gȏrd adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- pònosan adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- го̑рд adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- по̀носан adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Slovak
1 entries- hrdý adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Slovene
1 entries- ponosen adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Spanish
1 entries- orgulloso adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Swedish
1 entries- stolt adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Tajik
3 entries- мағрур adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- сарбаланд adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- сарфароз adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Tatar
1 entries- горур adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Thai
1 entries- ภูมิใจ adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Turkish
1 entries- gururlu adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Ukrainian
1 entries- го́рдий adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- hordy adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Uyghur
2 entries- غۇرۇرلۇق adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- مەغرۇر adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Uzbek
2 entries- gʻururli adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- magʻrur adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hãnh diện adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- tự hào adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Volapük
1 entries- pleidik adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Walloon
1 entries- fir adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Welsh
2 entries- balch adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- clodwiw adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
West-Frisian
3 entries- batsk adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- grutsk adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
- rom adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Yiddish
1 entries- שטאָלץ adj (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
I'm proud of you.
Source: tatoeba (15913)
He is proud of his scholarship.
Source: tatoeba (21466)
The people of London are very proud of this bridge.
Source: tatoeba (29282)
Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "proud"?
Closest matches include aloof, arrogant, assured, august, awe inspiring.
How is "arrogant" different from "proud"?
'Arrogant' is pride that has curdled, it crosses from confidence into contempt for others. The line between proud and arrogant is how you treat people.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "proud"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.