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impudent - 20 thesaurus results
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | barefaced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameless; open |
| Synonyms: | apparent, arrant, audacious, blatant, blunt, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, candid, clear, flagrant, frank, glaring, immodest, impudent, insolent, manifest, naked, obvious, palpable, temerarious, transparent, unconcealed, unabashed |
| Antonyms: | careful, quiet, shamed |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, loud to the senses |
| Synonyms: | arrant, barefaced, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, blaring, overbold, unabashed, unblushing |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impertinent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold, disrespectful |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, brash, brassy*, brazen, discourteous, flip*, forward, fresh, ill-mannered, impolite, impudent, inappropriate, incongruous, inquisitive, insolent, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nosy*, off base*, offensive, pert, presumptuous, prying, rude, sassy*, smart, uncalled-for*, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly, unsuitable, contumelious, disgracious, interfering, lippy, out of line, procacious, smart alecky |
| Antonyms: | kind, mannered, nice, polite, refined, respectful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold, disrespectful |
| Synonyms: | abusive, arrogant, barefaced, brassy*, brazen, breezy, contemptuous, dictatorial, discourteous, disdainful, flip*, fresh, imperative, impertinent, impolite, impudent, insubordinate, insulting, magisterial, nervy, offensive, overbearing, peremptory, pert, put down, rude, sassy*, saucy*, smart, uncivil, ungracious, contumelious, off-base, out-of-line, procacious, smart-alecky |
| Antonyms: | cowardly, humble, modest, polite, respectful, servile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jaunty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
| Synonyms: | airy, animated, bold, brash, breezy, buoyant, carefree, careless, cocky, dapper, dashing, debonair, devil-may-care*, devilish, easy, exhilarated, flip*, flippant, forward, free, fresh, frisky, frolicsome, gay, high-spirited, hilarious, impetuous, impish, impudent, jocose, joking, jolly, jovial, light, natty, nervy, perky, playful, provocative, reckless, rollicking, self-confident, showy, smart, sportive, sporty, sprightly, spruce, trim, venturesome, vivacious, gamesome, prankish, swaggering |
| Antonyms: | depressed, lethargic, lifeless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overconfident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overly sure of oneself |
| Synonyms: | brash, careless, cocksure*, cocky*, foolhardy, heedless, impudent, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, pushy*, rash, reckless, self-assertive, heading for a fall, hubristic |
| Antonyms: | cautious, pessimistic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unasked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | voluntary |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, gratuitous, impudent, not asked, of one's own accord, overbearing, presumptuous, spontaneous, supererogatory, unbidden, uncalled-for, undemanded, undesired, uninvited, unprompted, unrequested, unsought, unwanted, unwelcome, voluntarily, willing, without prompting |
| Antonyms: | asked, invited, involuntary, solicited |
| Main Entry: | blatant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obvious; brazen |
| Synonyms: | arrant, bald, barefaced, brassy, clear, conspicuous, crying, flagrant, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, impudent, loud, meretricious, naked, obtrusive, ostentatious, outright, overt, plain, prominent, pronounced, shameless, sheer, showy, snazzy, unmitigated, glitzy, overbold, protrusive, screaming, unabashed, unblushing |
| Notes: | flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible, while blatant is obvious, contrived, and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant |
| Antonyms: | inconspicuous, quiet, subtle, unpronounced |
| Main Entry: | rude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disrespectful, rough |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, abusive, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, blunt, boorish, brusque, cheeky, churlish, coarse, crude, curt, discourteous, graceless, gross, gruff, ignorant, illiterate, impertinent, impolite, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, insulting, intrusive, loutish, low, obscene, offhand, peremptory, raw, savage, scurrilous, short, surly, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, ungracious, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, wild, bad-mannered, brutish, crabbed |
| Antonyms: | kind, mannerly, nice, polite, respectful |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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