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smarty-pants

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of smarty-pants

making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred

your smarty-pants comments aren't helping matters any

Synonyms of smarty-pants

cute, facetious, flip, flippant, pert, smart, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smart-assed, wise, wiseass

Words Related to smarty-pants

flighty, frivolous

cheeky, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impish, impudent, mischievous, playful, roguish, sassy, saucy, waggish

disrespectful, rude

breezy, casual, glib, inappropriate, thoughtless

Near Antonyms of smarty-pants

grave, serious, sober, solemn, somber (or sombre)

Antonyms of smarty-pants

earnest, sincere

smarty-pants

plural noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of smarty-pants

a person who likes to show off in a clever but annoying way

I don't need to hear from some smarty-pants second-guesser that the theme for the party is all wrong

Synonyms of smarty-pants

smart aleck (also smart alec), smarty (or smartie), wise guy, wiseacre, wiseass, wisenheimer (also weisenheimer)

Words Related to smarty-pants

know-all [chiefly British], know-it-all

hotshot, show-off

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