Synonyms for overconfident
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Cocky — too confident. Presumptuous, cocksure, rude, and disrespectful
cocky, arrogant, presumptuous, conceited, fool-hardy, overweening, insolent
Definitions
- adj. 1
Too confident. Presumptuous, cocksure, rude, and disrespectful.
Near-synonyms: insolent, conceited, foolhardy, cocky
- adj. 2
Too confident.
Example sentences
- arrogant I don't need the validation of an arrogant person.
- cocky I'll rip that cocky smirk off your face.
- conceited Mary told Tom that she thought John was conceited.
- presumptuous Aren't you being a little presumptuous?
- confident He is confident that he will pass the examination.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| overconfident | rising | |
| arrogant | rising | |
| cocky | rising | |
| conceited | rising | |
| presumptuous | steady | |
| confident | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- cocky2
- 8 letters
- positive3, arrogant3, insolent3
- 9 letters
- confident3, conceited3
- 11 letters
- overweening
- 12 letters
- presumptuous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cocky2 = 2 syllables).