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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smart aleck |
| Synonyms: | know-it-all, malapert, smart alec, smart-ass, smarty pants, swellhead, wise guy, wise-ass, wisenheimer, witling |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | prideful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant |
| Synonyms: | aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, biggety, bossy, bragging, cavalier, cheeky*, cocky*, cold-shoulder, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all, lofty, lordly, on an ego trip, on one's high horse, overbearing, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, puffed up, scornful, self-important, smarty, smug, sniffy, snippy, snooty, snotty, stuck up*, supercilious, superior, swaggering, uppity, vain, wise guy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | saucebox |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smart aleck |
| Synonyms: | know-it-all, malapert, smart alec, smart-ass, smarty, smarty pants, swellhead, wise guy, wise-ass, wisenheimer, witling |
| Main Entry: | smarty-pants |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smart aleck |
| Synonyms: | know-it-all, malapert, smart alec, smart-ass, smarty, smarty pants, swellhead, wise guy, wise-ass, wisenheimer, witling |
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