Added 10 October 2026 self-important adjective Categories: Describing Words adjective ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about self-important at Wordnik → Where our words come from → Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance. The assistant manager was a self-important fellow who strutted about the office barking instructions. Related Words: arrogantproudchestyegotisticalself-obsessedself-absorbedegocentricself-centeredself-involvedself-centredselfishnarcissistic Back to today's word