cockiest

ADJECTIVE

self-assured, full of oneself

Synonyms

WEAK

arrogant brash bumptious certain conceited confident egotistical hotdogging hotshot hubristic know-it-all lordly nervy overconfident overweening positive presumptuous self-confident smart aleck smart guy smarty smarty pants sure swaggering swollen-headed vain wise guy

Antonyms

WEAK

humble modest uncertain unself-confident unsure

ADJECTIVE

self-assured

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrogant brash confident overconfident presumptuous self-confident

WEAK

bumptious certain cocksure conceited egotistical hotdogger hotshot hubristic know-it-all lordly nervy overweening positive smart aleck smart guy smarty smarty pants sure swaggering swollen-headed vain wise guy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cautious humble meek unsure

WEAK

modest shy tentative timid uncertain

Example Sentences

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Cockiest of the services is the rough, tough Marine Corps, whose boast is that its men are born looking for a fight.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Chaplin—it was like his cheek, Cockiest of Ministers!—

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir