All self-righteous synonyms
self-right·eous
S s adj self-righteous
- canting — insincere; hypocritical
- moralistic — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- easy-going — calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- hotshot — highly successful and aggressive: a hotshot lawyer; a hotshot account exec.
- hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- goody goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- easy going — calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- complacent — A complacent person is very pleased with themselves or feels that they do not need to do anything about a situation, even though the situation may be uncertain or dangerous.
- goody two shoes — a goody-goody.
- goody-goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
adverb self-righteous
- hypocritically — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
adjective self-righteous
- jivey — resembling, suggesting, or characteristic of jive; lively.
noun self-righteous
- complacency — Complacency is being complacent about a situation.