cheeky synonym | Thesaurus.com

Main Entry:	cheeky
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	impudent
Synonyms:	audacious, bold, brash, brazen, disrespectful, forward, impertinent, insolent, insulting, nervy, saucy, ballsy

Main Entry:	arrogant
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	having exaggerated self-opinion
Synonyms:	aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, conceited, contemptuous, cool, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, scornful, self-important, smug, snippy, snooty, snotty, supercilious, superior, uppity, vain, wise guy, biggety, bragging, cold-shoulder*, on an ego trip, puffed up, smarty, sniffy, stuck up, swaggering
Antonyms:	humble, meek, servile, unconceited

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Main Entry:	brash
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	impulsive, brazen
Synonyms:	audacious, bold, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, effervescent, flip, foolhardy, forward, hasty, headlong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, impertinent, impetuous, impolitic, impudent, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, insolent, madcap, maladroit, nervy, precipitate, presuming, presumptuous, pushing, rash, reckless, rude, self-assertive, tactless, thoughtless, uppity, vivacious, brazenfaced, self-asserting, undiplomatic, untactful
Antonyms:	afraid, careful, cautious, discreet, fearful, reserved

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Main Entry:	brazen
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	brash, unashamed
Synonyms:	audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, defiant, flashy, flip, forward, gritty, gutsy, immodest, impertinent, impudent, indecent, insolent, loud, meretricious, nervy, pert, saucy, shameless, spunky, tawdry, contumelious, hotshot, overbold, smart-alecky, smart-ass, unabashed, unblushing
Antonyms:	humble, meek, shamed, shamefaced, shy, timid

Main Entry:	contemptuous
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	arrogant, insolent
Synonyms:	audacious, bold, cavalier, cheeky, condescending, cool, derisive, disdainful, disrespectful, hard, hard-nosed, haughty, high and mighty, insulting, opprobrious, sardonic, scornful, sneering, snippy, snobbish, snooty, snotty*, supercilious, temperamental, uppity, upstage, cold-shoulder, contumelious, derisory, dog it, high hat, on high horse
Notes:	contemptible means deserving contempt, while contemptuous means bestowing contempt; the first sense of contemptuous was 'despising law and order'
Antonyms:	humble, polite, respected, shy

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Main Entry:	daring
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	adventurous
Synonyms:	audacious, bold, brassy, brave, cheeky, cocky, courageous, crusty, fearless, foolhardy, forward, game, gritty, gutsy, impudent, impulsive, intrepid, nervy, obtrusive, out on a limb, plucky, rash, reckless, salty, smart, spunky*, temerarious, valiant, venturesome, adventuresome, fire eating, go for broke, gutty, hot shot, smart-alecky
Antonyms:	afraid, bashful, chicken, cowardly, fearful, meek, shy, timid, unwilling, unadventurous

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Main Entry:	derisive
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	ridiculing
Synonyms:	cheeky, cocky, contemptuous, crusty, disdainful, flip, fresh, insulting, jeering, mocking, nervy, rude, sarcastic, sassy, scornful, smart*, gally, out-of-line, scoffing, smart-alecky, taunting
Antonyms:	complimentary, flattering, respectful, praising

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Main Entry:	discourteous
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	rude, impolite
Synonyms:	abrupt, boorish, brusque, cavalier, cheeky, churlish, crude, crusty, curt, disrespectful, flip, fresh, ill-mannered, impertinent, indelicate, insolent, oafish, offhand, rustic, sassy, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious, unmannerly, unrefined, bad-mannered, contumelious, ill-bred, inaffable, inurbane, smart-alecky, ungenteel
Antonyms:	civil, courteous, gracious, mannered, polite, refined, respectful, well-bred

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Main Entry:	disrespectful
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	insulting, rude
Synonyms:	blasphemous, bold, cheeky, contemptuous, discourteous, flip, flippant, fresh, ill-mannered, impertinent, impious, impolite, impudent, insolent, irreverent, nervy, profane, sacrilegious, sassy, saucy, snippy, uncivil, ungracious, aweless, bad-mannered, disgracious, ill-bred, misbehaved, out-of-line, profanatory, smart-alecky, unfilial
Antonyms:	civil, courteous, mannered, mannerly, nice, respectful

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Main Entry:	fearless
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	brave, unafraid
Synonyms:	assured, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, confident, courageous, crack, daring, dashing, dauntless, doughty, flip, fresh, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, heroic, icy, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, nervy, plucky, salty, sanguine, sassy, smart, spunky, sure, temerarious, undaunted, unflinching, valiant, valorous, wise, aweless, bodacious, chesty, cool hand, unabashed
Antonyms:	afraid, apprehensive, fearful, timid

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Main Entry:	flippant
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	irreverent
Synonyms:	brassy, breezy, cheeky, cocky, disrespectful, flighty, flip, fresh, frivolous, glib, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, offhand, pert, playful, rude, sassy, smart*, superficial, lippy, smart-alecky
Antonyms:	courteous, respectful, reverent, serious

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Main Entry:	impudent
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	bold, shameless
Synonyms:	arrant, audacious, barefaced, blatant, brassy, brazen, bumptious, cheeky, cocky, cool, flip, forward, fresh, immodest, impertinent, insolent, nervy, pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy, saucy, smart, wise*, boldfaced, contumelious, off-base, overbold, procacious, smart-alecky, unabashed, unblushing
Antonyms:	humble, modest, polite, retiring

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Main Entry:	irreverent
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	disrespectful
Synonyms:	cheeky, cocky, contemptuous, crusty, derisive, flip, flippant, fresh, iconoclastic, impertinent, impious, impudent, insolent, mocking, profane, rude, sacrilegious, sassy, saucy, tongue-in-cheek*, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy, aweless, irreverential, out-of-line
Antonyms:	religious, respectful, reverent

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Main Entry:	nervy
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	bold, pushy
Synonyms:	cheeky, crass, crude, forward, fresh, impudent, inconsiderate, pert, plucky, rude, sassy, smart, wise, smart-alecky
Antonyms:	afraid, modest, shy, timid, unwilling

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Main Entry:	pert
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	lively, bold
Synonyms:	animated, audacious, brash, brazen, breezy, bright, brisk, cheeky, dapper, daring, dashing, disrespectful, flip, flippant, forward, fresh, gay, impertinent, impudent, insolent, jaunty, keen, nervy, perky, presumptuous, sassy, saucy, smart, spirited, sprightly, vivacious, wise, smart-alecky
Antonyms:	dull, humble, lifeless

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Main Entry:	precocious
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding
Synonyms:	advanced, aggressive, ahead of time, beforehand, bold, brassy, bright, cheeky, cocky, developed, early, flip, flippant, forward, fresh, intelligent, mature, nervy, premature, presumptuous, pushy, quick, sassy*, smart-alecky
Antonyms:	stupid

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Main Entry:	presumptuous
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	self-confident
Synonyms:	arrogant, audacious, bold, cheeky, conceited, confident, egotistic, foolhardy, forward, fresh, insolent, overconfident, overweening, pompous, presuming, pretentious, pushy, rash, rude, self-assertive, self-assured, self-satisfied, smug, supercilious, uppity, contumelious, overfamiliar
Antonyms:	humble, modest

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Main Entry:	sassy
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	impudent
Synonyms:	arrant, audacious, bold, brassy, brazen, cheeky, discourteous, disrespectful, flip, flippant, fresh, insolent, mouthy, rude, saucy, wise, overbold, smart-alecky, smart-mouthed

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Main Entry:	saucy
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	disrespectful
Synonyms:	arch, audacious, bold, brash, brazen, cheeky, combative, flip, flippant, forward, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, intrusive, meddlesome, nervy, obtrusive, pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy, smart, smug, snippy*, volatile, wise, contumelious, smart-alecky, weisenheiming
Antonyms:	kind, polite, respectful

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Main Entry:	shameless
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	corrupt, indecent
Synonyms:	abandoned, arrant, audacious, barefaced, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky, depraved, dissolute, flagrant, forward, hardened, high-handed, immodest, immoral, improper, impudent, incorrigible, insolent, lewd, outrageous, presumptuous, profligate, reprobate, rude, unprincipled, wanton, overbold, unabashed, unashamed, unblushing, unchaste
Antonyms:	decent, good, moral