| Main Entry: | wise guy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smart-aleck; gangster |
Synonyms: |
Mafioso, bigmouth, criminal, crook, hood, hoodlum, know-it-all, member of the family, mobster, smart ass, smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseass, wisenheimer |
| Main Entry: | arrogant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having exaggerated self-opinion |
Synonyms: |
aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, biggety, bossy, bragging, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, cold-shoulder, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all, lordly, on an ego trip, overbearing, 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 |
Antonyms: |
humble, meek, servile, unconceited |
| 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: | hellion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | troublemaker |
Synonyms: |
agent provocateur, agitator, demon, evildoer, firebrand, heel, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, instigator, loose cannon, mischief-maker, punk*, rabble-rouser, rascal, recreant, rogue, rowdy*, smart aleck, wise guy |
| Main Entry: | impertinence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness |
Synonyms: |
assurance, audacity, back talk, backchat, brazenness, cheek, chutzpah*, come-back, crust, disrespect, disrespectfulness, effrontery, forwardness, freshness, gall, guff, hardihood, impropriety, impudence, incivility, insolence, insolency, lip, nerve, pertness, presumption, rudeness, sass, smart mouth, wise guy, wisecrack |
Antonyms: |
humility, manners, politeness |
| Main Entry: | instigator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | troublemaker |
Synonyms: |
agent provocateur, agitator, firebrand, hellion, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, knave, meddler, mischief-maker, nuisance, provocateur, punk*, rabble-rouser, ringleader, sparkplug, wise guy |
| Main Entry: | know-it-all |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who claims full knowledge |
Synonyms: |
braggart, brain, brain*, intellectual, smart aleck, smart aleck, smart-ass, smarty-pants, walking encyclopedia, windbag, wise guy, wiseacre |
| 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: | wise-ass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smart aleck |
Synonyms: |
know-it-all, show-off, smart-ass, wise guy |