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View usage for: also smart aleck Word forms: plural smart alecscountable noun [oft NOUN noun]If you describe someone as a smart alec, you dislike the fact that they think they are very clever and always have an answer for everything. [informal, disapproval] ...a fortyish smart-alec TV reporter. You'll end up no more than a smart alec and you're well down that road already. Synonyms: know-all [informal], wise guy [informal], clever-clogs [informal], clever Dick [informal] More Synonyms of smart alec More Synonyms of smart alec smart alec in British English (smɑːt ˈælɪk) noun, adjective a variant spelling of smart aleck Synonyms of 'smart alec'know-all, wise guy, clever-clogs, clever Dick cocky, arrogant, conceited, brash More Synonyms of smart alec Definition a person who thinks he or she is an expert on every subject Don't be such a smart alec.All right then, if you're such a smart arse, have you got any better ideas? Synonyms wise guy (informal) clever-clogs (informal) clever Dick (informal) smarty pants (informal) smartarse (slang) smarty boots (informal) a fortyish smart-alec TV reporterI can do without your smart-arse comments, thank you. Synonyms swaggering egotistical swollen-headed SeecockyNearby words ofsmart alec - smallpox
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Additional synonymsDefinition having an excessively high opinion of oneself I thought him conceited and arrogant. Synonyms self-important, vain, arrogant, stuck up (informal), cocky, narcissistic, puffed up, egotistical, overweening, immodest, vainglorious, swollen-headed, bigheaded (informal), full of yourself, too big for your boots or breeches Definition full of pride or conceit He's full of himself. Synonyms pleased with yourself, cocky, self-confident, overconfident, too clever by half Definition having more belief in one's abilities than is justified a bunch of noisy, overconfident teenagers Synonyms cocky, arrogant, brash, cocksure, foolhardy, presumptuous, overweening, bumptious, hubristic, riding for a fall (informal), uppish (British, informal), full of yourselfSynonyms self-important, proud, vain, cocky, puffed up, bumptious, vainglorious, bigheaded (informal), full of yourself, too big for your boots, too big for your breeches |