an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.

something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea

He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours.

imagination; fancy.

a fancy; whim; fanciful notion.

an elaborate, fanciful metaphor, esp. of a strained or far-fetched nature.

the use of such metaphors as a literary characteristic, esp. in poetry.

a fancy, purely decorative article.

British Dialect .

favorable opinion; esteem.

personal opinion or estimation.

Obsolete . the faculty of conceiving; apprehension.

to flatter (esp. oneself).

British Dialect . to take a fancy to; have a good opinion of.

Obsolete .

to imagine.

to conceive; apprehend. ?

out of conceit with

displeased or dissatisfied with.

noun

humility , meekness , modesty , self-consciousness , shyness , timidity , unself-confidence

noun

amour-propre , arrogance , complacence , complacency , consequence , immodesty , narcissism , outrecuidance , pomposity , pride , self-admiration , self-exaltation , self-importance , self-love , self-regard , smugness , snottiness , stuffiness , swagger , swelled head * , vainglory , vainness , vanity , ego , egoism , bee , boutade , caprice , freak , humor , impulse , megrim , notion , vagary , whim , whimsy , bumptiousness , conceitedness , conception , egocentricity , egomania , egotism , fancy , hauteur , hubris , idea , inflation , overweening , presumption , presumptuousness , priggery , self-conceit , self-esteem , self-glorification , snobbery

verb

fancy , take to