Thesaurus
smart-alecky
Synonyms and Antonyms of smart-alecky
- You wouldn't be so smart-alecky if you were in my situation.
- was irritated by smart-alecky comments from a coworker
brisk, cross, sharp-tongued, sour, sourish, spiky (also spikey), tartish
incisive, keen, poignant, trenchant
cynical, dry, ironic (also ironical), wry
facetious, flippant, tongue-in-cheek
acrimonious, bitter, resentful, vitriolic
harsh, rough, severe, stringent
abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), concise, crisp, curt, gruff, pithy, snippety, snippy, succinct, terse
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