swagger

A very confident, proud manner that may suggest you think you are better than others.

• She spoke with her usual swagger.
• The young team played with surprising swagger.
• His swagger disappeared when he saw the results.

Similar words: confidence, bravado, self-assurance

Opposites: timidity

Common phrases: youthful swagger, a confident swagger, someone's usual swagger

A bold, proud way of walking that makes you look very sure of yourself.

• He walked with a swagger.
• I recognized her confident swagger from across the street.
• The sailor's rolling swagger made the children smile.

Similar words: strut

Common phrases: walk with a swagger, a rolling swagger, a cocky swagger

Talk in which someone proudly claims to be very important, skilled, or successful.

• His speech was full of swagger.
• Behind all that swagger, he had little experience.
• Her claims of victory were nothing but empty swagger.

Similar words: boasting, bragging, bluster

Common phrases: empty swagger, boastful swagger, swagger and bluster

To act or walk as though you are very confident and more important than other people.

• He swaggered into the room.
• They swagger around as if they own the place.
• She swaggered past her rivals after winning.

Similar words: strut, swank

Common phrases: swagger into somewhere, swagger around, swagger past someone, swagger down something