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Definition of conceit : To conceive; to imagine.

Synonyms:

egotism, self-consciousness, self-confidence, vainness, emptiness, dresser, self-love, take to, bee, ego trip, caprice, whimsy, self-conceit, ego, narcism, self-esteem, megrim, vainglory, impulse, self-assertion, freak, conceitedness, boutade, humor, vagary, like, whim, dressing table, fancy, notion, toilet table, Amour Propre

cockiness, pride, grandness, self-glory, vanity, assurance, condescension, huffiness, ostentation, smugness, high-handedness, haughtiness, narcissism, confidence, egoism, high-and-mightiness

bragging, self-centeredness, arrogance, superficiality, self-admiration, braggadocio, boastfulness, study at pride, egocentricity, self-flattery

Usage examples:

• Both men stammered and protested, out of conceit, and were as foolish as men are when pushed to play at mutual concealment. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• It may be conceit to believe this, and it may be self- preservation. - "The Lost Art of Reading", Gerald Stanley Lee.
• Lady; I shall not faile t' approue the faire conceit The King hath of you. - "Henry-VIII", Shakespeare, William.