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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overly sure of oneself |
| Synonyms: | brash, careless, cocksure, cocky*, foolhardy, heading for a fall, heedless, hubristic, impudent, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, pushy*, rash, reckless, self-assertive |
| Antonyms: | cautious, pessimistic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cocky/cocksure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-assured, full of oneself |
| Synonyms: | 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: | humble, modest, uncertain, unself-confident, unsure |
| Main Entry: | presumptuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-confident |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, audacious, bold, cheeky*, conceited, confident, contumelious, egotistic, foolhardy, forward, fresh, insolent, overconfident, overfamiliar, overweening, pompous, presuming, pretentious, pushy, rash, rude, self-assertive, self-assured, self-satisfied, smug, supercilious, uppity |
| Notes: | presumptive means 'based on a presumption, based on grounds of probability' while presumptuous means 'assuming an unwarranted, unauthorized responsibility' |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | self-assured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-confident |
| Synonyms: | assured, believing, bold, brave, cocksure, cocky, confident, courageous, expectant, expecting, fearless, full of oneself, overconfident, positive, puffed up, secure, sure, sure of oneself, unafraid |
| Main Entry: | cocky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-assured |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, brash, bumptious, certain, cocksure, conceited, confident, egotistical, hotdogger, 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: | humble, modest, shy, tentative, timid, uncertain, unsure |
| Main Entry: | presuming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant |
| Synonyms: | conceited, confident, egotistic, overconfident, presumptuous, proud |
| Main Entry: | assumptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impudent |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, assuming, audacious, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, forward, impertinent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overbearing, overconfident, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy*, saucy*, smart* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boldfaced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impudent |
| Synonyms: | assuming, audacious, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, cheeky, forward, insolent, malapert, nervy, obvious, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, rude, sassy*, saucy*, shameless, smart* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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