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Definitions for Vanity

[1] excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit: Failure to be elected was a great blow to his vanity.
[2] an instance or display of this quality or feeling.
[3] something about which one is vain or excessively proud: His good looks are his greatest vanity.
[4] lack of real value; hollowness; worthlessness: the vanity of a selfish life.
[5] something worthless, trivial, or pointless.
[6] vanity case.
[7] dressing table.
[8] a wide, counterlike shelf containing a wash basin, as in the bathroom of a hotel or residence, often equipped with shelves, drawers, etc., underneath.
[9] a cabinet built below or around a bathroom sink, primarily to hide exposed pipes.
[10] compact1(def 13) .
[11] produced as a showcase for one's own talents, especially as a writer, actor, singer, or composer: surprisingly entertaining for a vanity production.
[12] of, relating to, or issued by a vanity press: a spate of vanity books.
[13] the state or quality of being vain; excessive pride or conceit
[14] ostentation occasioned by ambition or pride
[15] an instance of being vain or something about which one is vain
[16] the state or quality of being valueless, futile, or unreal
[17] something that is worthless or useless
[18] NZ short for vanity unit

Words related to Vanity

pride, arrogance, narcissism, self-love, show, ostentation, pretension, airs, vainglory, affectation, display, conceitedness, smugness, self-worship, self-admiration

Words nearby Vanity

vanishing cream, vanishing lung syndrome, vanishing point, vanitas, vanitory, vanity, vanity bag, vanity case, vanity fair, vanity of vanities; all is vanity, vanity plate

Origin of Vanity

1200–50; Middle English vanite < Old French < Latin vānitās, equivalent to vān- (see vain) + -itās- -ity

Other words from Vanity

van·i·tied , adjective

Word origin for Vanity

C13: from Old French vanité, from Latin vānitās emptiness, from vānus empty

Synonyms for Vanity

arrogance, pride, affectation, airs, conceitedness, display, narcissism, ostentation, pretension, self-love, self-worship, show, smugness, vainglory, big-headedness, ego trip, self-admiration, showing off