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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who claims full knowledge |
| Synonyms: | braggart, brain, brain*, intellectual, smart aleck, smart aleck, smart-ass, smarty-pants, walking encyclopedia, windbag, wise guy, wiseacre |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | braggart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who talks boastingly |
| Synonyms: | bag of wind, big talker, big-timer, bigmouth, blatherskite, blowhard, blusterer, boaster, brag, braggadocio, bragger, egotist, exhibitionist, gasbag, gascon, grandstander, hotshot, know-it-all, peacock, ranter, raver, show-off, strutter, swaggerer, swashbuckler, swelled head, trumpeter, windbag |
| Main Entry: | egghead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual |
| Synonyms: | bluestocking, bookworm, brain*, geek*, genius, highbrow, know-it-all, longhair, rocket scientist, scholar, thinker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smart-aleck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wise guy |
| Synonyms: | bigmouth, know-it-all, smart ass, smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseass, wisenheimer |
| Main Entry: | windbag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bigmouth, chatterer |
| Synonyms: | bag of wind, big talker, blabberer, blowhard, boaster, braggart, bragger, gasbag, gascon, jabberer, know-it-all, motor-mouth |
| Main Entry: | wise guy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smart-aleck; gangster |
| Synonyms: | Mafioso, bigmouth, criminal, crook, hood, hoodlum, know-it-all, member of the family, mobster, smart ass, smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseass, wisenheimer |
| Main Entry: | learned person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | educated person |
| Synonyms: | bibliophile, bookman, bookwoman, brain, erudite person, intellectual, know-it-all, man or woman of learning, man or woman of letters, sage, savant(e), scholar, walking encyclopedia |
| Antonyms: | ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | smart aleck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person making wise remarks |
| Synonyms: | know-it-all, smart alec, smart-ass, smarty, smarty pants, swellhead, wise guy, wise-ass, wisenheimer |
| Main Entry: | wise-ass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smart aleck |
| Synonyms: | know-it-all, show-off, smart-ass, wise guy |
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