as in cute
making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred
your smarty-pants comments aren't helping matters any
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as in smarty
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
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Recent Examples of smarty-pants
Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Plural noun
Eventually, the game builds to its own metafictional deconstruction, albeit in a way that lands as an emotional gut punch rather than smarty-pants twist.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smarty-pants
Adjective
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There are a few unexpected gems, such as Loungefly, Pacsun, and Hot Topic, which also have cute offerings.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
27 Feb. 2026
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Scroll to shop and add these cute shoes to your cart while deals are up to 60 percent off.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Revolution Cooking smart toaster sears bagels, bread, waffles and more from edge to edge without drying them out -- crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
28 Feb. 2026
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With Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto bringing the entire Japanese market on board as Dodgers fans, the richest and smartest team in baseball has ways of generating millions beyond the boundaries of normal revenue sharing that rival owners never even stopped to consider.—
Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Smarty-pants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smarty-pants. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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