The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

proud adj. 1 Often, proud of. pleased (with), satisfied (with),
contented (with), glad (about), happy (with or about), delighted
(with or about), elated (with or about); honoured, gratified:
He is very proud of his children and what they have achieved. I
am proud to be your friend. 2 conceited, boastful,
self-satisfied, narcissistic, self-important, egotistical, vain,
vainglorious, prideful, self-centred, complacent, snobbish,
haughty, supercilious, smug, arrogant, cocky, cocksure,
boastful, braggart, Colloq high and mighty, snooty, stuck-up,
Slang snotty, Brit toffee-nosed: She's far too proud to have
anything to do with the likes of us. 3 lofty, dignified,
lordly, noble, great, respected, honoured, honourable,
important, glorious, august, illustrious, estimable, creditable,
eminent, prominent, distinguished, reputable, worthy, notable,
noted, noteworthy: His will always be a proud name in British
military history. 4 stately, majestic, magnificent, splendid,
grand: Proud Edinburgh earned the sobriquet, 'Athens of the
north'.
prove v. 1 verify, authenticate, confirm, make good, corroborate,
demonstrate, show, validate, establish, substantiate, certify,
affirm; support, sustain, back (up), uphold: Prove that he lied
under oath, and we shall have him for perjury. If you cannot
prove her guilt, she must be presumed innocent. 2 try, test,
examine, check, analyse, assay: Division can easily be proved
by multiplication, and vice versa. The proving ground for
military vehicles is off limits to the public. Come live with
me and be my love, And we shall all the pleasures prove. 3 turn
out, be found, be shown, be established, end up; develop,
result: The child proved to be his long-lost grandson. 4 show,
evince, demonstrate: He proved his love many times over during
their fifty years of marriage.
provender n. 1 provisions, food, supplies, victuals, rations, foodstuffs,
groceries, eatables, edibles, comestibles, aliment, nourishment,
sustenance, Colloq grub, eats: The armies relied for their
provender on farms they passed on the march. 2 fodder, forage,
feed, hay, silage, corn, grain: Provender for the livestock was
running low because of the long winter.
proverb n. saying, maxim, aphorism, saw, adage, apophthegm or apothegm,
axiom, moral, moralism, homily, dictum, gnome, epigram,