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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant |
| Synonyms: | brash, cavalier, conceited, egotistical, haughty, highhanded, insolent, lordly, pompous, presumptuous, pushy, supercilious, vain |
| Antonyms: | modest, unassuming |
| Main Entry: | bumptious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensively self-assertive |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, cocksure, conceited, egotistic, egotistical, forward, full of oneself, loud, obnoxious, pushy |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest, uncertain |
| Main Entry: | pushing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive |
| Synonyms: | ambitious, forward, intrusive, presuming, pushy* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | self-assertive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold |
| Synonyms: | audacious, bumptious, confident, immodest, pushy, sure |
| 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: | contumelious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insolent |
| Synonyms: | abusive, brash, brazen, cheeky, contemptuous, derisive, disdainful, disrespectful, forward, humiliating, impertinent, impudent, insulting, malapert, opprobrious, pert, pushy, rude, sassy*, saucy*, scornful, scurrilous |
* = 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
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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