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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | presumptive |
| Synonyms: | assumed, likely, possible, presumable, presumed, probable, prospective, supposed, suppositive, taken for granted |
| Main Entry: | hypothetical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | guessed, assumed |
| Synonyms: | academic, assumptive, casual, concocted, conditional, conjecturable, conjectural, contestable, contingent, debatable, disputable, doubtful, equivocal, imaginary, imagined, indefinite, indeterminate, postulated, presumptive, presupposed, pretending, problematic, provisory, putative, questionable, refutable, speculative, stochastic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, suspect, theoretic, theoretical, uncertain, unconfirmed, vague |
| Antonyms: | calculated, confirmed, factual, measured, proved, proven, real, reliable, truthful |
| Main Entry: | malapert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impudent |
| Synonyms: | arrant, assuming, assumptive, audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, boldfaced, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, cheeky*, cocky*, contumelious, cool*, disrespectful, familiar, flip*, flippant, forward, fresh, immodest, impertinent, insolent, nervy, off-base, overbold, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, procacious, pushy, rude, sassy*, saucy*, smart*, smart-alecky, unabashed, unblushing, wise* |
| Notes: | apert means 'bold' and malapert means 'inappropriately bold' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smart-alecky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impudent |
| Synonyms: | arrant, assuming, assumptive, audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, boldfaced, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, cheeky*, cocky*, contumelious, cool*, familiar, flip*, forward, fresh, immodest, impertinent, insolent, malapert, nervy, off-base, overbold, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, procacious, pushy, rude, sassy*, saucy*, smart*, unabashed, unblushing, wise* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snippety |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impudent |
| Synonyms: | arrant, assuming, assumptive, audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, boldfaced, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, cheeky*, cocky*, contumelious, cool*, familiar, flip*, forward, fresh, immodest, impertinent, insolent, malapert, nervy, off-base, overbold, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, procacious, pushy, rude, sassy*, saucy*, smart*, smart-alecky, unabashed, unblushing, wise* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uppish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impudent |
| Synonyms: | arrant, assuming, assumptive, audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, boldfaced, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, cheeky*, cocky*, contumelious, cool*, familiar, flip*, forward, fresh, immodest, impertinent, insolent, malapert, nervy, off-base, overbold, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, procacious, pushy, rude, sassy*, saucy*, smart*, smart-alecky, unabashed, unblushing, wise* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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