Synonyms for impertinence
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Impudence — insolence; impudence
impudence, insolence, effrontery, audacity, rudeness, flippancy, boldness, cheekiness, incivility, gall, face, presumption, freshness, brass, crust, larrup, temerity, chutzpah informal, assurance, hardihood
Other
cheek, irrelevance, intrusiveness, irrelevancy, forwardness, impoliteness, irrelation, sauce dated, impertinacy dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Insolence; impudence.
- n. 2
Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
Forms
- Plural
- impertinences → impudences, insolences, effronteries, audacities…
Choose the right word
Impudence is shameless impertinence. What would be arrogance in a superior becomes impertinence or impudence in an inferior.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- audacity David had the audacity to ask Martha out on a date.
- insolence Your insolence comes from your messianic complex.
- impudence He had the impudence to cut across our garden.
- effrontery His effrontery turned everyone in the firm against him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| impertinence | rising | |
| audacity | rising | |
| insolence | rising | |
| impudence | steady | |
| effrontery | steady | |
| irrelevance | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- face1, gall1
- 5 letters
- sauce1, brass1, cheek1, crust1
- 6 letters
- larrup
- 8 letters
- audacity4, rudeness2, boldness2, temerity4, chutzpah2, archness, pertness
- 9 letters
- assurance3, freshness2, insolence3, impudence, flippancy, sauciness, perkiness, hardihood
- 10 letters
- incivility5, effrontery4, cheekiness, irrelation
- 11 letters
- presumption3, irrelevance4, irrelevancy5, forwardness, impertinacy
- 12 letters
- impoliteness
- 13 letters
- intrusiveness4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (audacity4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- impertinence